[Sca-cooks] Re: Herbs was

[johnna holloway]

Wheaton has some herb blends in her
volume Savoring the Past. Check on
those. There are also some in The Medieval
Kitchen I think, but I'm not going to limp over and
look right now to quote where.

Johnna Holloway  Johnnae
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jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:>
> > So, this means you know herbal stuff, huh? <maire grins wickedly and
> > dementedly>
> > I've been trying to think of period *herb* blends that I could give as
> > gifts, as I've got a various nice green-and-growing collection out on my
> > front porch.  I know of several *spice* blends, of course, but can't
> > think of any made from herbs....Got any ideas?
>
> Oh dear. Actually, no I can't think of any period herb blends off the top
> of my head, though I will look. There's Hildegarde of Bingen's treatment
> for bad breath which I have written down somewhere, but that's partly
> spices; so are her 'joy' pastilles...>
> -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa