[Sca-cooks] Huh? boiled down fruit juices plus sugar?

[Stefan li Rous]

Gunthar commented:
 >>>
Not sure if it was served in Germany, but a popular beverage  
throughout the
period was to boil down fruit juices and sugar into a syrup and then mix
with either hot or cold water.
<<<

Really? I don't remember that ever coming up in discussions here  
before. "throughout the period"? and "sugar"? Which period? The way  
you've written this, it sounds like you mean our entire period of  
study. To me, that sounds unlikely for Europe. But if this could be  
documented as period for Europe and popular there, it would be  
wonderful.

Stefan, the skeptic
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