[Sca-cooks] Sour syrup?

[Johnna Holloway]

Tony Hunt in volume one of Anglo-Norman medicine: Roger Frugard's  
"Chirurgia"
lists it as "sirop aceptous, syrop acetous 13,21 decoction of honey  
and vinegar [
siropus acetosus]."

The version of the Tacuinum Sanitatis titled The four seasons of the  
House of Cerruti provides a recipe for "SYRUP OF VINEGAR Siropus  
acetosus." See page 61. See also Medical illustrations in medieval  
manuscripts for another translation.

Johnnae

On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:43 PM, galefridus at optimum.net wrote:

> I saw a reference to sour syrup (siropus acetosus) in a couple of  
> the Tacuinum Sanitatis manuscripts.  Does anyone have any idea as to  
> what it might be?  In both manuscripts, the images associated with  
> it show a merchant dispensing a jar to a customer.
>
> -- Galefridus