[Sca-cooks] Tequilla and Sangria - period?

[Terry Decker]

Interesting question.  Tequila is distilled pulque, IIRC.  That means a
meeting of distillation and fermented agave cactus.  I'd place this as a low
order probability in Europe prior to 1600.

Sangria is another question.  It is a wine punch and the name is of Spanish
derivation.  I don't have any dates, but it may be based on an earlier
drink, sangaree or sangri, made from Maderia and grated nutmeg.  I suspect
sangria, as we know it is no earlier than the 19th Century, as I can't
recall seeing a recipe in any of my earlier cookbooks.

Bear


There's a bit of a question on the Outlands list about tequilla and sangria.
Any info on when and where they might have been first consumed in Europe? I
checked the Flora-thingy, but could find only Stefan's reference to
commercial production of tequilla being 1785.

Eirene