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

[Terry Decker]

Genoa became a free commune in the 10th Century and started building its 
trading ties into Byzantium and the Black Sea region, so it could have 
easily followed the ladder of rivers north.  Genoa lost most of its trade 
connections around the Black Sea as the Ottomans moved into the region in 
the 15th Century.

That being said, the sources I've referenced over the years place vodka 
production in the 16th Century.  I'd love to have the citation on this one.

Bear

>> Vodka was well established in the Russias as early as the 10th century
>> according to records of Genovese Traders.
>
> *puzzled* why were there Genovese Traders in Russia at that time?
> And where can we find these records-- these descriptions would be
> invaluable to those of us in the States studying period Slavic culture.
>
> -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net