SC - Re: non-messy, period, dayboard-type food

[Stefan li Rous]

 Hauviette commented on her experiences providing perfumed hand washing
water at feasts and gave a recipe for this water:

> 1 Quart of  water (if at Pennsic, used bottled water or it will turn brown)
> 10 fresh sage leaves, or a small handful of chamomile, marjoram or 
> rosemary(you can use tea bags here or cheese cloth, to make the straining 
> later a non issue)
> 1 peel of an orange (preferably a Seville orange, eat the rest) or rose water 
> ( this was the choice as one of the feasters has a severe allergy to citrus)
> 1 bay leaf

Is there any particular reason you say "preferable a Seville orange"? While
the insides of different oranges will vary in taste and sweetness/sourness,
is there really that much differance in the peels? Are you using the entire
peel, white part and orange (zest?) portion?

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