SC - Hazel Leaves?

[Chris Stanifer]

- --- Rose <rose at santiagosmagic.com> wrote:
> I'm looking at the recipe for "Noteye" from Harleian
> MS 279, and it calls 
> for hazel leaves.  They're ground small in a mortar,
> and then the juice is 
> wrung out and added to the meat and almond milk
> mixture.
> 
> So, are hazel leaves just the leaves from a hazel
> tree?  What do they taste 
> like?  Does anybody know of a source for them?  Is
> there a reasonable 
> substitute?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rose
 
I can't find any reference for 'hazel' or 'hazel
leaves' or even a 'hazel tree', for that matter. 
However, I have a plethora of references for Witch
Hazel and Hazelnut!!  However, since Witch Hazel has a
rather astringent quality, I can't see that it would
be used very often in food.  Particularly the
concentrated juice.  I'll keep checking, and do a
quick internet search, but I don't think I'm going to
have much luck.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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