[Sca-cooks] Royal authenticity

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> 
> If I recall correctly, water was rarely drunk
> plain during period because most of the water
> sources were polluted with waste.
> 
> Huette

It depends on when. There are records of King Edwin having wells set up 
with cups attached so that travelers could refresh themselves, and a 
mention of a poor widow who lived, essentially, on bread and water with 
the occasional egg.

Margaret