[Sca-cooks] 16th C non-alcoholic drinks?

[Elaine Koogler]

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> Thanks, Kiri, for La Varenne's lemon syrup beverage - i'll find the 
> original recipe. I may just go for that, since there is lemon syrup in 
> the 13th c. and lemon syrup in the 17th c... I just made a batch of 
> Andalusian lemon syrup 2 weekends ago (and a batch of ginger syrup 
> from no recipe, just my own head) which we served at the first ever 
> day board at the Mists-Cynagua War (period recipes were not required, 
> but we did avoid obviously New World ingredients)
>
I wish I were the one who sent the recipe...the only one I have is the 
lemon-ginger syrup that I got either from you or someone else on the 
list (may have been Selene....).  I did check several sources, including 
Peter Brears' sections in 10,000 years of British Cooking, but found 
nothing that wasn't alcoholic.  There was a possett that was served warm 
and looked like it might be great for chilly weather...but it had 
alcohol in it.

I wish you luck with your venture...

Kiri