[Sca-cooks] Lemonade in medieval Egypt

David Friedman ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Thu Jun 29 00:55:15 PDT 2006


>Johnna Holloway wrote:
>>I came across another alternative version for
>>the history of lemonade tonight.
>>
>>Clifford Wright has an article on his webpages
>>titled "Some facts about Mediterranean food history.
>>History of Lemonade."
>>He writes
>>"It appears that the all-American summer drink, lemonade, may have had
>  >its origin in medieval Egypt.

There's a recipe for what's essentially cooked lemonade--a lemon and 
sugar syrup to be diluted with water and drunk--in the 13th c. 
Andalusian cookbook that's on my web site.
-- 
David Friedman
www.daviddfriedman.com
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