SC - Currant history (Was Currants vs Zante raisins) Long

[CBlackwill@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/00 5:37:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ddfr at best.com 
writes:

> Over a month ago, Balthzar was asking about distilling rosewater. 
>  Hugh Platt's _Delights for Ladies_ (1609) has a recipe for 
>  distillation of herb-waters, with additional comments about different 
>  ways of doing rosewater. He assumes you are familiar with the basics 
>  of distillation. I can type some of this in at some point for anyone 
>  interested; Platt is also in Cariadoc's cookbook collection volume 1.

Thanks much for the title.

Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?