[Sca-cooks] The great Medieval water myth
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Fri Nov 22 22:05:02 PST 2013
>when they did
>drink it did things like freezing or heating it to make it "special". Not
>always the case, but an interesting observation as far as it goes. >>>
I recently translated the Water page in Rumpolt.
It mostly concerns the use of water in the
kitchen, but also drinking water. He mentions
heating water to a simmer and cooling it again.
Von art/ natur vnd eygenschafft deß Wassers.
Of the art/ nature/ and inborn quality of Water
Since one can not dispense with water in the
kitchen/ I can not fail/ to vnterlassen (inform
advise?) of the art/ nature and inborn quality of
water/
Per ENHG: unterlassen = to omit, fail to do, be wanting
denn sonder Wasser/ Wein vnd Essig/ keine Küch erhalten kan werden.
because without water/ wine and vinegar/ no cook
can erhalten s(urvive, succeed ?).
per ENHG: erhalten = obtain, sustain
But the water can be known through three types of
art and sense/ namely/ the appearance/ taste and
smell.
The appearance of it should be pure/ clear and
transparent/ the taste should be sweet/ not foul
swampy smell/
therefor all the water/ which has a sour/ sharp/
over-salted taste/ as of sulphur and Nitro
(soda?)/ it is harmful and unhealthy to use as a
natural drink.
One should observe the natural springs/ that they
stretch themselves from the headwaters/ also
spread themselves through a clean soil/
leichtlich (easy) to warm and chill/ and in
summer cold/ in winter warmlecht (hot, warmish??).
The rainwater is leichtesten (lightest)/ then the
spring water/ and that from flowing streams/ and
the last from dank standing water
Per ENHG, leicht = (of food) light, easily digestible.
and of all the schwerest (heaviest, strongest?)
is melted snow water/ swamp murky pools and
streams.
Wherefore have care/ about what you will need for
water in the kitchen/ Also to make beer from/ and
the like/
All water is cold and damp by Nature/ and that
water will be yet colder/ should it simmer/ and
cool again/ that is the coldest water of all.
Ranvaig
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