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

[Sue Clemenger]

There's a whole chapter of them in the Anon. Andalusian.  I'm guessing that
those are the beverages to which Papa was referring....
--Maire

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From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 1:16 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Huh? boiled down fruit juices plus sugar?


> 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.