[Sca-cooks] online glossary

[Elizabeth A Heckert]

Still:  chapter 3 of "The English Housewife"  (Gervase Markham, Michael
R. Best, ed. orig. pub.1615, this ed.1998)  "Therefore, first I would
have her furnish herself of very good stills, for the distillation of all
kinds of waters, which stills would be either of tin, or sweet earth; and
in them she shall distil all sorts of waters meet for her household; as
sage water, which is good for all rheums [discharge from lungs and
nostrils during colds--modern dictionary] and colics" [a pain in the
bowels--mod. dictionary]  (pg.125)  There is a lovely bit in "Martin's
Hundred" by Ivor Noel Hume about the first piece of pottery excavated
from this seventeenth century site which is near to  Jamestown Settlement
in Virginia, USA.  Dr. Hume found an alembic, which is a sort of bee-hive
shaped hood with a drip spout that sits over the pot in which the
material to be distilled is boiling.  The steam rises,  and trickles down
the walls of the alembic to run out of the spout.  There are several good
pictures in "The English Housewife".


On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 22:42:29 -0400 grizly at mindspring.com writes:
>"Still" may also refer to a condition of wine/mead in which the liquid
>contains no dissolved gases (carbonation).
>
>niccolo difrancesco
>
>sca-cooks at ansteorra.org wrote:
>> Having grown up in Henry County, Virginia, the second largest
>moonshine areain the US, I can certainly define "still" for you.  It
>is a "machine" that is
>used for distilling various types of spirits from various types of
>grains and
>other ingredients.  Typically what was used by the moonshiners was
>corn,
>though wheat and other grains were also used.  The distilling process
>basically, as I understand it, allows for the liquid in the original
>mash
>mixture to be distilled away, leaving the strong, alcoholic spirit.
>
>Kiri
>
>"Cindy M. Renfrow" wrote:
>
>> The glossary is now up to 184K.  Here are some more words for your
>> consideration.
>>
>> Damaske
>>
>> pipkin
>>
>> still
>>
>> Stove (noun, verb)
>> (A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1636) - To candie Marigolds in
>> wedges...then lay them on a sheet of white paper, and put them in a
>Stove.
>> (A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1636) -To candie Eringo
>roots...and
>> so stove them, and keep them all the yeare.
>> (A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1636) -To candie Violet
>flowers...
>> put them into a box, and keepe them in a stove.
>> Does anyone have an illustration of a stove?
>>
>> Cindy
>>
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