[Sca-cooks] Stefan finally succeeds in making cider

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Martin G. Diehl:
>lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
>>
>>  Melanie Wilson wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>  most folks in the SCA just make what we call "cordial"
>
>I would say some rather than most ... and there are recipes. 
>
>Cordials are the equivalent of after dinner liquors. 
>
>I understand (and there may be some evidence) that cordials
>were originally medicinals in period.

I believe the name suggests they were considered heart stimulants.

Adamantius
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