[Sca-cooks] cordials

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> I don't have time to look it up, but I recall readiing that drinking 
> (pretty much anything) after meals would interfere with digestion.

Well... (sez Jadwiga, catching up with her email)
There are a number of recipes for drinks to be taken after meals, 
including hypocras; the idea is that wine and spices would help the 
digestion. Perhaps the laurel in question was thinking of spiced wines 
as cordials? 

My documentation is from 15th c. courtesy books collected in _The 
Babee's book_

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