[Sca-cooks] Re: Rose Sugar

[Elise Fleming]

Greetings.  A rose sugar recipe from "Naturen Bloeme" (Flower of
nature), 1265-1270, printed in Vol.20 of PPC:
"Rose sugar (suker rosaet) is made in the following way: rose petals
that have been rubbed fine with sugar are put in a glass jar and
left in the sun for 30 days; the contents must be stirred daily; the
jar must be well sealed and it will remain good for three years."

Joop Witteveen, the author of the article "Rose Sugar and Other
Medieval Sweets", PPC 20, included a second recipe from 1600:  "Take
as many red roses as you wish and rub them fery fine, adding three
times as much sugar.  Mix this well and set it well sealed in the
sun.  Mix it now and then with a spatula."

Alys Katharine