[Sca-cooks] New here Hello All!!
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Wed Nov 7 20:45:01 PST 2007
Selene commented:
<<< We want to keep you Recovering from Alcoholism but a lot of the
historical recipes call for alcohol of some kind, so it gets a bit dicey
to try to make substitutions. >>>
Unfortunately Selene is right about the proportion of alcoholic
drinks in the Middle Ages. This is in part because the alcohol acted
as a preservative and when mixed with some unsafe water could
minimize the bad things in it. In addition, some items such as fresh
fruit juices, while they were drunk, could only be drunk for a short
time after harvest before they fermented naturally.
If you are looking for non-alcoholic, non-sweet beverages, such as we
diabetics often do, then the number of medieval drinks gets even more
pruned down. Here are the files in the Florilegium BEVERAGES section
that are non or only lightly alcoholic.
beverages-NA-msg (89K) 6/23/05 Non-alcoholic beverages.
bev-water-msg (30K) 6/11/06 Water as a beverage in period.
(Yes, plain water was drunk in period. But not at feasts)
coffee-msg (92K) 7/ 8/06 Coffee and coffee-type drinks.
(Post 1600 for Europe)
infusions-msg (24K) 3/26/02 Period infusions. Herbal "teas".
Barley tea.
jalabs-msg (71K) 7/ 3/04 Drinks with a sugar or honey-
syrup base such
as Sekanjabin (Persian Mint
Drink).
kvass-msg (73K) 7/ 4/04 Russian drink made from bread or
grains.
(lightly alcoholic)
wassail-msg (26K) 2/10/07 Spiced cider and ale drinks.
Traditions.
(As Selene commented, this is the spiced cider which could be
made with fresh cider/apple juice)
Stefan
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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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