SC - period mead recipes--Le Menagier's Bouchet

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Nanna said:
>The term used is "krigsæble", literally "war apple"; I´m not sure what is
>meant here. Wasn´t toasted bread sometimes used?

I have several traditional Welsh wine recipes in which the yeast is 
introduced by spreading it onto toasted bread and then floating the toast on 
top of the brew.  My grandmother also used this method for her homemade 
wines.  I have not heard of using fried apples to do this before....

Elysant