[Sca-cooks] Another contempory account of drinking water

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In a message dated 6/30/01 12:34:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
stefan at texas.net writes:

> Well, that was one way that water was often drunk. The fact that the
>  water had to be boiled to make ale helped sterilize the water. But
>  water was also used when wine was drunk. It appears that most wine
>  in the Middle Ages was diluted with water.

I believe the wine in Ancient Rome was a syrup and during parties or normal
drinking, water was added by measures. The strength of the wine was measured
by how much measures of water was placed in. I don't know if people in the
Middle Ages did this or not.

Misha