[Sca-cooks] period marshmallow references?

[Lisa]

I think one of my herbal books has a recipe for marshmallow losenges.  I'll
have to get it out and look.  This herbal encyclopedia has a lot of
historical herbal recipes, including the Thieves of Marsailles vinegar that
they used to avoid becoming infected by the plague.  Considering it had a
LOT of garlic in it, I suspect that was why they weren't infected lol.

Elizabeta

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] period marshmallow references?


> Adamantius responded to Duriel with:
> <<< As for the marshmallow posts, it should be noted that marshmallow
> lozenges, as in candies made from the mucilaginous juice of the marsh
> mallow, do appear in late period and early post-period, and they do
> have some historical significance. >>>
>
> I've heard of this before, but not in even this much detail. And
> since the Florilegium is full of little, probably inconsequential,
> oddities,  I'd love to see more details on these marshmallow lozenges
> or references to them. Do we have any actual recipes or directions
> for these? Has anyone here actually tried to make these treats?
>
> Thanks,
>    Stefan
> --------
> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
> StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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>
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