[Sca-cooks] Patting myself on the back

[Elaine Koogler]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Ro commented:
>
>> Damn.  I have a ways to go to match most of you folks as a Medieval
>> cook, but I just tasted my raspberry cordial (mellowing now 3 years).
>>
>> I make a FINE cordial.
>>
>> Ro, preening a little before making more cookies
>
>
> Hey, keep the feathers out of the cookies! :-)
>
> Congratulations on the cordial. But why were you aging it for 3  
> years? Did you just set it aside and forget about it? (That's the  
> only way a pair of my mead bottles ever got to be aged several  
> years). I have always heard that cordials didn't need a long aging  
> time. Did you taste it through the aging process? If so, did you  
> notice the aging changing the taste?
>
> Stefan
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We accidentally left a bottle of Phillip's Krupnik set for several 
years.  The main difference we noticed was that it was substantially 
smoother.

Kiri