Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Hard liquor in period recipes, was Adamntius pants?

[Stefan li Rous]

For some of the previous commentary on period distilled beverages, see 
these files in the BEVERAGES section of the Florilegium, although 
Bear's commentary does give a succinct overview.
bev-distilled-msg (124K) 2/17/03    Medieval distilled beverages. 
Distilling.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/bev-distilled-msg.html
cordials-msg     (110K)  7/ 2/04    Period cordials and liqueurs. SCA 
creations.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/cordials-msg.html
Clarea-d-Agua-art (12K)  1/ 7/01    "Period drinks - Spiced Wines and 
Sweet
                                        Waters" by Vicente Coenca.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/Clarea-d-Agua-art.html

Of course, if someone finds some evidence to back up earlier dates 
which will stand up to scrutiny, I will gladly add it to the 
appropriate file.

However, the original question was not how early was liquor distilled 
but when was it first added to food dishes.

Stefan
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