[Sca-cooks] Re: flaming food - was post period was Festival

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Another interesting thing to me, is how early this is, 1390, yet
> obvious evidence of distilling. Probably for drinking, but we can;t
> tell from just this.

Actually, the first uses of alcohol distillation were supposedly for
medicinal purposes... not alcoholic beverages. Waters were consumed and
also applied as rubs.

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
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