[Sca-cooks] re: Lemon Syrup

[Elaine Koogler]

I haven't tried making syrup using the Splenda I just purchased, but I also
purchased syrups that are made with Splenda....sooooooo....that leads me to
believe that it can be done.

Kiri

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:

> > Personally, I find using an artifical sweetener in such a drink to
> > be much less glaringly modern than providing coffee, whose use at a
> > medieval or even period feast is questionable and quite obvious due to
> > its color and aroma.
>
> Well, I've shuffled off all responsibility for the coffee, 'cos I don't
> drink it. It's not my bailiwick or decision. However, for the event I'm
> autocratting in December, there will be coffee, because I pick my battles:
> and not providing coffee is not a battle I choose to fight with my shire.
>
> Thankfully, it's not part of the feast or anything like that: just a site
> amenity, like the Gatorade, the portapotties, the bar, and the pool. (ok,
> the winter event won't have a pool and bar.)
>
> > Even with things like tea, it is nice to offer a non-sweetened version
> > and let folks add their sweetener of choice. This also alows those
> > who find most pre-sweetened teas to be too sweet to still enjoy drinking
> > it.
>
> Iced tea is not period. Cold infusions of herbs might be but I don't have
> evidence of them being served as a beverage. Anyone?
>
> > I do think that if leaving out the sugar impacts the texture of the
> > drink, such as perhaps some sugar syrup drinks,
>
> Trouble is, leaving out the sugar in sekanjabin or ginger syrup doesn't
> just affect the texture: it makes it not a syrup. The pre-made aspect is
> completely gone.  I know the older sweetener substitutes are NOT supposed
> to be used to make syrups: what about the new stuff marketed as Splenda?
>
> I've found that trying to add sugar to a drink once it's cold works very
> poorly for me. Perhaps if I ran it through a blender or something?
>
> -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
> jenne at fiedlerfamily.net OR jenne at tulgey.browser.net OR jahb at lehigh.edu
> "Are you finished? If you're finished, you'll have to put down the spoon."
>
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