[Sca-cooks] How old is barley water?
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Thu May 17 21:24:47 PDT 2007
Volker asked:
<<< But I'm still wondering about drinks. I know there's beer
and wine, and grape must. I've given them vinegar
water before. Now I'm wondering whether barley water
makes sense. it sounds interesting and gets mentioned
quite a bit in 'period' contexts, but is it
documentable? >>>
See this file in the BEVERAGES section of the Florilegium:
infusions-msg (24K) 3/26/02 Period infusions. Herbal "teas".
Barley tea.
I have found barley tea mix in ethnic food stores.
Another similar drink is kvass, from Russia:
kvass-msg (73K) 7/ 4/04 Russian drink made from bread or
grains.
There a number of files on a variety of medieval beverages, both
alcoholic and non, in that section. So you might want to just look
around a bit in that section, as well.
Stefan
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Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas
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