Paul D. Buell on Tea Meal was: Fw: [Sca-cooks] Re: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #2334 - 12 msgs

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > > or c) "Mongolian Tea," i.e., brick tea
> boiled in milk. Tsampa, tea with
> > > butter and other things was also consumed.
> For lack of period recipes use
> > > modern Tibetan ones. "Mongolian Tea," by
> the way, which I have had, is
> > > excellent. However, in general, no
> self-respecting Mongol during the period
> > > would have been without his kumiss. That
> was THE prestige food. If you can't
> >
> > > get horse kumiss, use camel.
>
> I don't know where he lives, but in SoCal we
> see more horses than camels.  I
> suppose if I put the word out to the Caid list
> that I'd like some mare's milk
> for experimentation, I'd get razzed horribly,
> so I'm out of luck anyway.  Will
> cow's or goat's milk approach the "real" thing?
>  [I'm looking it up in the
> Florilegium after work, honest.]

Selene, dear, who in your barony is the most
"horsey"?  Who is the founding baroness of your
barony?  If she doesn't have a lactating mare,
she would know of someone who does ... give her a
call.

Huette

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