[Sca-cooks] sugar and regia anglorum

[Jenne Heise]

> > In just the last week or two, I was asking if anyone had any info on
> > how horseradish was used in period. So far, all I think I've got is
> > as a sauce. What can you tell me about how horseradish was used in
> > Anglo-Ssaxon England (or elsewhere)?

Something about the herbal texts I've looked at suggests to me that horseradish, as a
medicament and condiment, may have come out of Eastern Europe and taken quite some time
to make it to the hinterlands of Britain.

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