[Sca-cooks] urine uses

[Stefan li Rous]

Edouard Halidai commented:
> I think my wife was using lye instead.  Neither one sounds very
> appetizing, eh?

Well, from the urine-uses-msg file I mentioned recently:

> From: Carol Thomas <scbooks at neca.com>
> To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
> Subject: Re: Tanning?

> The _Forgotten English_ calendar had a recent day devoted to the uses of
> stale urine.  The one that I cannot forget is its use in flavoring 17th c.
> ale.

Since this is a 17th c. item, I guess it would not make a good entry

for an SCA A&S contest...
Maybe those comments about Coors aren't so far off...
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