SC - Sekanjabin +

[THLRenata at aol.com]

Master A says:

>>I know you can buy rose syrup in most Middle Eastern
groceries, and it's probably made pretty much the same way. I guess what I'm 
getting at is how much of the sekanjabin process you're talking about 
applying. Are we talking about just making a syrup cooked with rose petals, 
an extremely sweet rose "tea"? It _ought_ to work pretty well.<<

I don't know much about Sekanjabin syrup, but rose syrup I do know.  The 
stuff you can get in ME markets is heavily adulterated with citric acid and 
tastes more citrus than rose.  It's also artificially colored an amazing (and 
unnatural) bright red.

I have a recipe for rose syrup in Stefan's Florilegium -- it's essentially a 
very strong infusion of rose petals, which is then boiled with sugar until it 
thickens.  Is that how sekanjabin syrup is made?

Renata
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