SC - Oxymel, anyone?

[Jessica Tiffin]

Greetings, the list.

I'm trying to put together an article about sekanjabin and other 
oxymels, i.e. sugar/honey and vinegar syrups used as medicinal 
drinks.  I have a lot of mentions in Hippocrates, two recipes from an 
Anglo-Saxon leechbook, Cariadoc's sekanjabin recipes, and a 
Florilegium reference to Platina (haven't dug out the Platina 
reference yet).  Has anyone come across any other recipes in any 
medieval or Renaissance source at all for a syrup/vinegar drink, not 
necessarily called oxymel?  I'm particularly interested in herbal 
infusions of oxymel, like the mint one in Cariadoc's miscellany.

(I'll web the article when it's finished and post the URL, if anyone 
else is interested in these references)

Many thanks,
JdH


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