[Sca-cooks] Re: Herb-Infused Sugar

[Elise Fleming]

Petits Propos Culinaires, Issue 20, has an article entitled "Rose Sugar and
Other Sweets" which details (obviously!) rose sugar.  The article also
mentions violet flavored sugar as well as borage and rosemary.  The
references cited are Dutch.  The author, Joop Witteveen, found a recipe for
rose sugar in a poem written between 1265 and 1270.  He says that the rose
sugar recipe came from the Arab world.  He also notes a recipe in Menagier
de Paris (1393) for rose sugar which calls for rosewater rather than rose
petals.  The Court of King Edward I of England (1329-1307) consumed 1900
pounds of rose sugar and 300 pounds of violet sugar.  Witteveen notes that
this info is in C. Anne Wilson's _Food and Drink in Britain_, p. 289.  Will
this help you with citations?

Alys Katharine