[Sca-cooks] what's wierd-ish, what isn't

[Stefan li Rous]

Jadwiga commented:
> > Certainly, of all the items you mentioned, Sekanjabin is the one 
> which
> > I would pick to toss out.
> > Not only is it a revolting beverage, but it is so over-used in the 
> SCA
> > as to be 'mundane'.
> > Personal opinion.
>
> Well, that's the point, it is used so often that most SCAdians consider
> it normal. :) Many people in my area like it, but they also prefer
> ginger drink instead (made from a lemon-ginger syrup that I have my
> doubts about the authenticity of, as I made it up out of my head!)
Well, now that many folks are used to Sekanjabin, one solution if you 
want something slightly different from this would be to use another 
similar recipe. There are quite a number of similar period drinks, many 
of which have probably never been redacted in the past century, much 
less over-used in the SCA. Personally, I'd love to see more of these 
redacted and served. You can find the recipes for  these in this file 
in the BEVERAGES section of the Florilegium and perhaps more on 
Cariadoc's site:
jalabs-msg        (71K)  7/ 3/04    Drinks with a sugar or honey-syrup 
base such
                                       as Sekanjabin (Persian Mint 
Drink).
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/jalabs-msg.html

Stefan
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