[Sca-cooks] The great Medieval water myth

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Interesting stuff. I see that Bear said in large part what I do now.
 
So hopefully we're agreed that this one should be buried next to "spices  
were used to cover the taste of bad meat". And yet you'd be surprised how 
much  pushback I've gotten in some quarters trying to correct the received idea.
 
Paolo  Squatriti by the way has an interesting section on how the rich 
avoided water  specifically because everyone could drink it and 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.
 
Jim  Chevallier
 (http://www.chezjim.com/) www.chezjim.com

Les Leftovers: sort of a food history  blog
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In a message dated 11/21/2013 1:32:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com writes:

http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/bev-water-msg.html