[Sca-cooks] cooking grains in beer

[Jenn Strobel]

Well, what I have isn't necessarily a recipe as much as a logical
conclusion.  I just did a great deal of research into the food that
was possibly eaten between 800-1000 in Frisia.  One of the things that
made sense would be to cook grains (such as spelt, oats, or barley) in
beer.  Not only would it have been available, it would have been very
flavourful.

I can expand a bit if someone wants to know my reasoning.

Odriana

On 4/16/05, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> We have talked previously about cooking various items in beer and ale
> and discussed various period recipes which do this. Some are in this
> file:
> beer-in-food-msg  (24K)  9/ 7/04    Period recipes with beer or ale in
> them.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/beer-in-food-msg.html
> 
> Yesterday, I was making up some rice to use with some Gumbo which my
> wife brought home from her mother's. I decided to cook it in a
> previously opened bottle of beer (Guiness, I think) with some water to
> finish filling up the pot. Anyway, it came out fairly good, although
> not as flavored or as dark as I expected it might get.
> 
> So, I'm wondering if there are any period recipes which cook a grain in
> beer or ale. The recipes given in the above file are mostly for cooking
> things like chicken in beer and there aren't any grains. But my files
> are hardly comprehensive collections.
> 
> Stefan
> (I also found out that if you aren't careful, beer can quickly boil
> over as can honey. Luckily it makes less mess)
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