SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #278

[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

Murkial af Maun asked:

>2.  What flavors would have been period, if any?  I usually use 
>wintergreen, anise, cinnamon and peppermint oils for my candies.

I haven't seen any refereence to flavors for a hardened sugar syrup.  I 
would wonder if those oils had come into existence.  Sugar _was_ 
flavored with rose and violet, the two most popular flavors, this was 
not in a melted sugar state.  I would seriously doubt that the English 
flavored the "stained glass".  Keep in mind that re-creating a stained 
glass object may well be an anachronism.  Reference is to re-creating 
objects such as fruits, statues, flowers, plates, etc.  While a castle 
is referred to, and I think that the jewels in the coronation subtlety 
might be melted sugar, I have seen no reference to recreating a stained 
glass window.

Alys Katharine
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