[Sca-cooks] What class would you teach/take?

[Elaine Koogler]

It would appear that, in the case of those who do not want things with sugar
in them and/or non-alcoholic, they will either have to drink water, or drink a
modern adaptation...possibly using an artificial sweetener.  This is one of
those cases where our modern systems enforce an intrusion of modern
ingredients...

Kiri

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:

> > And then there's ginger beer; Master Gerald Goodwine, in Calontir, had
> > one such recipe for a non-alcoholic g.b. that was absolutely wonderful,
> > zero proof, and quite refreshing. And I don't have the recipe, dammit.
>
> Non-alcoholic beer is not period. Small beer, with a small amount of
> alcohol is period. Zero proof can't be made with yeast, unless you
> artificially remove the alcohol.
>
> > And fruit ciders, of course; some would be drunk then and there,
> > I'd think, and some stored for later <hic> consumption. . .
>
> Funny, I thought the authenticists believed that nobody ever drank fruit
> juice unfermented.
>
> All of those drinks are also high in sugar, too.
>
> -- 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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