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

[Radei Drchevich]

I have seen sources sighting a distillery in Ireland as early as the 6th 
century AD.

Vodka was well established in the Russias as early as the 10th century 
according to records of Genovese Traders.

and I have seen several recipes from a Roman cookbook of the 2nd century BC 
that call for distilled spirits, although wine was much more common.



>From: Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>
>Reply-To: jenne at fiedlerfamily.net,        Cooks within the SCA 
><sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: mooncat at in-tch.com, Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] Hard liquor in period recipes, was Adamantius pants?
>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:16:52 -0500
>
> > 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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