[Sca-cooks] Nicholas Flamel

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Michael Gunter:
>>I bet you could take slices of raw pumpkin, and macerate them in your
>>chosen poison for a given length of time, strain it, add sugar or syrup,
>>and then age it.
>>--maire
>
>I was thinking of maybe making an essence. Roast the pumpkin,
>then puree it with some water. Take the pureed pumpkin and
>put in a thin strainer, hang over a bowl and let the juice run out.
>Add spices while pureeing. Then take the essence and mix with
>the alcohol.

Huh. I'm sorry I missed the earlier portions of this thread. If I can 
find it, I'm pretty sure Lydia Childs' "The American Frugal 
Housewife" has a recipe for pumpkin beer or ale, with pumpkin 
actually being included in the mash...

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