[Sca-cooks] Hard liquor in period recipes, was Adamantius pants?

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Wed Dec 8 09:16:52 PST 2004


> OFC: It occurs to me that though I've seen many a modern recipe that 
> makes use of hard alcohol, I've seen very few period ones.  Is my 
> perception correct, or am I missing something?

Nope, you're not missing something. Hard liquor (as opposed to beer and 
wine) is a relatively late innovation, and was only slowly losing its 
medicinal reputation by the end of period.

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    -- _The Librarian: Quest for the Spear_



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