SC - Ethiopian honey wine
Ian van Tets
ivantets at botzoo.uct.ac.za
Wed Oct 28 11:36:26 PST 1998
Hi,
Just thought Russ, Berengaria and others might be pleased to
know that Ethiopian honey wine is (in my humble opinion) a valid late
period mead variant. Alvarez's account of the Portuguese
embassy to Abyssinia in 1527 gave the local honey wine a very
favourable review.
(btw - to avoid disappointment I feel that I should warn those
of you who are interested in Abyssinian cuisine that Alvarez was not.
When he describes feasts, he concentrates on people, clothing,
customs and alcohol - especially the alcohol - but food is generally
mentioned only in passing.)
Those of you interested in the history of Abyssinian/Western
contact during the period 600 - 1600 AD may find my short article in
Stefan's florilegium (under "cultures" I think) of interest.
I remain, yours in the dream,
Jan van Seist
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Jan van Seist (m.k.a Ian van Tets)
Adamastor, Drachenwald (m.k.a Deepest Darkest Africa)
(somewhere under "here be monstres" in my copy of the known world handbook)
phone: 650 3641 (uni.), 689 7839 (H), 650 3301 (fax)
post: San Remo court, Elma Rd. Rondebosch 7700, South Africa
E-mail: ivantets at botzoo.uct.ac.za
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Daz er an den Buochen las
(There once was a knight who was so clever he could read books!)
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