SC - Feast Beverages

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david friedman wrote:
> 
> A brief web search on "sester, volume, medieval" found four items, of
> which the first was in the floriligium, from a previous discussion of
> just this question. Eileen Powers apparently asserts that the sester
> is 8 pints, but doesn't say how she knows. The other items were less
> useful.

IIRC, Powers quotes from Pichon on the subject, who, in turn, says
something to the effect that "without a doubt, this is the sester of
eight pints, and not the sester of [some other volume I forget]". How
Pichon knows, I have no idea. 
> 
> If 8 pints is correct, then after boiling bouchet is about 8 parts
> water to one of honey. Digby is about 6 parts water to one of honey
> (all "about" because volumes of miscible liquids don't sum).
> Obviously we should try making some--since bouchet is period, and
> Digby isn't.

Agreed.

Adamantius
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