[Sca-cooks] Beverages

[Harris Mark.S-rsve60]

Ranvaig commented:
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I've been told that vinegar and water was drunk as a beverage in 
period, but not seen documentation.  Specifically I've heard that it 
was drunk by harvesters, because it refreshed better than plain 
water.. kind of like lemonade, but with vinegar instead of lemons. 
I've tried this with wine and cider vinegar.. both sweetened with 
honey, and unsweetened.  Its a nice drink for hot weather, 
refreshing.... but again probably not served at feast.
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I believe you are speaking of switchel. I don't have a specific file on this, but if you do a search using the search engine at the top of the Florilegium, you will find comments about switchel in the beverages-msg, beverages-NA-msg, jalabs-msg files and maybe others.

Stefan