HERB - cordials

[Lynette K LaFontaine]

remember what we call roses today are not anything like those that existed
then.  The original rose might be worth investigating
----- Original Message -----
From: Katherine Blackthorne <kblackthorne at midtown.net>
To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: HERB - cordials


> Well, I just pulled _A Sip Through Time_ off the bookshelf.  I can quickly
> find 3 recepies (sp?) calling for rose petals.  One is circa 77 AD from
> Pliny the Elder.  One is 100BC to 300 AD from Apicius, Cookery and Dining
> in Imperial Rome.  One is 1790, London Art of Cookery.
>
> I realize that all of these are either pre- or post-period, but it's a
start.
>
> (If you'd like more info, reply privately.)
>
> --Katherine Blackthorne
> Golden Rivers, Cynagua, The West
>
>
> >Hello All,
> >
> >Well, after years of using herbs for a multitude of things I have
> >decided to try and document some of the things I've been doing.  I
> >wonder if anyone here can help?
> >
> >I'm making cordials/liquers.  Does anyone know if rose petals would have
> >been used in the middle ages to make a cordial? by whom? for what use?
> >I have a lovely rose petal cordial with a competitve spirit but I don't
> >know if it is actually period.
> >
> >I'm going now to try and locate the brewers' list and maybe ask them but
> >I've been with you folks a long time so I thought I'd ask you first.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Ginger
> >dragon at lemoorenet.com
>
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