[Sca-cooks] Any references to peaches being used in period brewing?
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Thu Apr 24 14:14:30 PDT 2014
>In
>the 15th c. carving manual by Enrique de Villena, he instructs the server
>who is carving fresh peaches at table to dip each slice in white wine
>before serving. The purpose was humoural, if I recall correctly.
>
It probably also kept them from turning brown, like we sometimes dip
peaches and apples in lemon juice. A sweet wine might add sugar too.
Ranvaig
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