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[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

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>Aoife asks:
>
>>On a related topic (extracting flavors for drinks), has anyone tried those
>>fruit vinegar drinks? It's a wonderful combination--beries and vinegar and
>>sugar. I made a Raspberry Vinegar syrup, Black Raspberry Vinegar syrup, and
>>a Blueberry Vinegar syrup for that Known World Pennsic Party that was held
>>in front of the Store next to Chatelaine's Point 2 years ago.
>>
>Aoife---cursing the guys who trimmed the trees away from the electric lines
>>and trampled the wild raspberry canes in the process.
>
>This sounds interesting; do you have a period source for this? It sounds a
>little like the Islamic sekanjabin (sugar, water, vinegar, and mint).  We
>have a period source (the anonymous Andalusian cookbook) for sekanjabin
>which lacks the mint; the same cookbook has a whole lot of other syrup
>recipes.
>
>Elizabeth/Betty Cook
>
>

I based my experimentds on a TI article several years ago about fruit
vinegars, and also on an english (non-period semi-historical) cookbook
called Farmhouse Cookery--Recipes from the COuntry Kitchen (Reader's Digest,
London). When I served these at that Pennsic Party, someone came by and
tasted it and said "Hey, it's Raspberry Shrub". 

Hope that helps. Can anyone remeber the article in TI? It reccomended these
vinegar/fruit drinks as a replacement for gatorade for the fighters.

Aoife
"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot."
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