[Sca-cooks] Drachma Weight

[mtraber251 at earthlink.net]

I would think that similar to today, you have the sack of powdered spices, and the vessel of wine for the hippocras and you grab a spoon and dig in. I would think that if you make hippocras for your master on a reasonably regular basis, you know how much spice it needs. I certainly dont do an exact measure when i am making mulled wine or cider..i grab my spice blend and a spoon or pour the powder into my palm to measure it. i *know* how much is right my experience...i think i actually measured it one or 2 times, then got the hang of the recipe=)

James Prescott wrote:

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>Alternately, the cook already has a carefully prepared sack of, say,
>Spice Powder (the mixture could have been prepared by asking the 
>Apothecary for the exact quantities needed).  The cook is now asked 
>to prepare some Hippocras for some late night arrivals.  The cook's 
>recipe calls for, say, five drams of the Spice Powder mixture for 
>the requested quantity of wine.
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>How does the cook measure from the sack into the wine, so as to
>get five drams of the Spice Powder mixture?
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>M'Lord is very fussy about the taste of the Hippocras, so it has
>to be pretty exact.
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>By weight?  Using which weights?
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