[Sca-cooks] drinking water in the Middle Ages

[Stefan li Rous]

Volker mentioned:
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Pfaff Amis tells a funny story about an itinerant priest
tricking a farmer into believing in his supernatural powers by having
delicious fish 'appear' in the freshwater spring near his farm, and the
dialogue again reveals that the farmer both relishes high quality
fish and is
glad of the spring because it provides 'good' drinking water (though
he can also provide ale if that is preferred).
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Can you give us more details of this? Who was "Pfaff Amis"?

There are still plenty of folks who believe "Medieval people didn't  
drink water". While true in many locations and times, with often very  
good cause, like most absolute statements there are exceptions. I'd  
love to have more documented instances for this Florilegium file:

bev-water-msg     (24K) 12/14/03    Water as a beverage in period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/bev-water-msg.html

Stefan
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