[Sca-cooks] may wine
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Wed May 20 18:23:00 PDT 2009
Wandalbert of Pru:m, Deacon of Treves in 854 if I'm not mistaken. He's best
known for his Martyrology. I don't know the source of the quote, but the
attribution is probably accurate. The use of woodruff in wine is mostly a
German custom of long standing. It also is used to flavor some sausages and
in puddings and jellies, but I have no knowledge of any period recipes that
use it.
Bear
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Just some more info:
I got a new magazine a few days ago (with a lot of nice recipes) and 4
whole pages devoted to woodruff.
There is a quote but unfortunately without source:
"schütte den perlenden wein über das Waldmeisterlein" (pour the bubbling
wine over the woodruff) atributed to the benedictine monk Wandalbert in the
year 854. I didn not yet try to find anything about this in the net.
Maybe some one on the list has more information on the periode-nes of use of
woodruff?
The article mentiones also 10 to 12 sprigs as safe amount.
the magazin is in german the new kraut&rüben special Kräuter (2.nd edition)
1/09
Regards Katharina
DW
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