Re- SC - candied ginger

[Mark Harris]

Lord Robert de QuelQuePart asks:
> Is candied ginger a period food?
>
> If so does any one has a period (or not) recipe, documented (or not)?			

And Cindy/Sincgiefu answers:
Hello!  Yes, I think it is.  I have a recipe in Take 1000 Eggs for "pickled
ginger" :

Harleian MS. 4016

97 Peris in compost.... And then pare clene rasinges of ginger, & temper
hem ij. or iij. daies, in wyne, And after, ley hem in clarefied hony colde,
all a day or a night; And [th]en take the rasons oute of the hony,...

>>>>>>>
So, how was candied ginger used in the Middle Ages? As a candy? In particular
foods? I'm not sure how to categorize candied ginger as a food item. I have
used it in mead, but I don't know that it was used that way then.

Stefan li Rous
mark_harris at email.sps.mot.com


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