[Sca-cooks] A jalab recipe - Syrup of Carrots

[Stefan li Rous]

  Micaylah replied to me:
> > Perhaps I should re-post some of these here and we can figure
> > out what some of these are and perhaps redact them.
>
> I think this is a great idea.
Well, here's one to start off. A bit strange sounding to me, probably 
because I am not fond of carrots. But I don't think there are any 
unknown ingredients although perhaps some question of a source for 
flower of cloves. Or does that simply mean ground cloves? We've 
answered this question before, but I can't remember the answer right 
now.

Syrup of Carrots
Take four ratls of carrots, after removing the fibers [lit. "nerves"]
that are in the centers, and cook them in water until their substance
comes out. Then take the clear part of it and add it to three ratls of
honey, cleaned of its foam. The bag: ...[about three words missing]...
an uqiya of cubebs, two uqiyas each of ginger and long pepper, and half
an uqiya of cinnamon and flower of cloves. Cook until it takes the form
of a syrup. Drink an uqiya of this with three of hot water....

I will post one or more others for the list to work on. Master 
Cariadoc, please feel free to correct me if a typo has gotten in or one 
of these from an earlier edition has been updated.
Stefan
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