Duke's powder (was Re: SC - saffron)

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/31/00 7:31:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, troy at asan.com 
writes:

> > Hippocras 
>  > 
>  > Goodman p. 299/28 
>  > 
>  > To make powdered hippocras, take a quarter of very fine cinnamon 
selected 
> by tasting it, and half a 
>  > quarter of fine flour of cinnamon, an ounce of selected string ginger, 
> fine and white, and an ounce of 
>  > grain of Paradise, a sixth of nutmegs and galingale together, and bray 
> them all together. And when you 
>  > would make your hippocras, take a good half ounce of this powder and two 
> quarters of sugar and mix 
>  > them with a quart of wine, by Paris measure. And note that the powder 
and 
> the sugar mixed together is 
>  > the Duke's powder. 
>  
>  Adamantius

Does anyone have a reference to Hippocras which includes Angelica (either 
crystalized, fresh or powdered)?  I know that Angelica was brought to 
northern Europe by the Vikings, and would love to make some of this stuff for 
Darkwell.

Balthazar of Blackmoor.

Man cannot live on bread alone... he must have beer to soak it in.