[Sca-cooks] Beverages, was Royal authenticity

[Nancy Kiel]

Unfortunately, there isn't anything non-alcoholic.  Water isn't safe to 
drink, unless it's from a stream (non-well water) or processed in some way 
(boiled).  Milk isn't safe to drink, or seems not to be considered as a 
drink (except for Norwegian buttermilk?).  Fruit juices are too expensive to 
drink, except for apple or grape, and they won't keep unless they're 
fermented.  So, much like providing adequate meals for vegetarians, offering 
non-alcoholic period drinks is tricky.  I would think the easiest thing 
would be to have water (hot tea & coffee too) and ask the feasters to 
BYOBeverage.



Nancy Kiel
nancy_kiel at hotmail.com
Never tease a weasel!
This is very good advice.
For the weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice.





>From: AEllin Olafs dotter <aellin at earthlink.net>
>
>We do, however, *need* a beverage we can serve other than ale, beer, wine, 
>mead, or hard cider. And there are many reasons that this is a real need, 
>not just a "It would be nice if" sort of thing. I mean, we can just serve 
>water, but, as was pointed out, that's not really period for many places 
>either... sure, peasants might drink it, but not anyone who could afford 
>anything else. And fresh cider might be served at this time of year, but 
>not in March...
>
>

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