SC - Re: Duel - Recipe Three
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Tue Sep 15 20:08:05 PDT 1998
> Could "ew ardent" be "eau ardent", ie strong spirits?
>
> A question: did period cooks ever set alcohol alight as in flambe? A
> castle
> in flames would be quite a showpiece, indeed.
>
> Just some guesses (some pretty far out, I'm sure).
>
> Laurie
>
IIRC, spirits with enough proof to light begin appearing commonly in the
mid-15th Century. However, the first European distillation of brandy occurs
about 1300 in France and the Arabs had capacity to distill alcohol as early
as 800. I don't believe freezing gets the distillates high enough to burn.
Bear
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