[Sca-cooks] Another contempory account of drinking water

[Olwen the Odd]

>In a message dated 6/29/01 8:42:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>mark.s.harris at motorola.com writes:
>
> > In editing my bev-water-msg file, I came across this recent message.
> >  I thought some here might be interested. This would seem to be another
> >  indication that plain water was drunk, even if it wasn't a favorite
> >  beverage. Since it was generally the better off folks that could afford
> >  to make a pilgrimage, and the only ones that would be reading such a
> >  travelogue, this also indicates that the better off and not just
> >  the peasants, did drink plain water.
> >
> >  Stefan li Rous
> >  stefan at texas.net
>
>Wasn't water usually made for brewing beer since most of the water was
>undrinkable?
>
>Misha

Water is still undrinkable.  Just now they sell it in plastic bottles.  I do
like water better after it has been transformed to beer or wine though. :~)

Olwen
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