[Sca-cooks] Was vinegar or verjuice most used in sauces?

[Donna Green]

In answer to Stefan's question ... the late period Iberian sources are as follows:

Diego Granado, Libro del Arte de Cozina, 1599 
Translation by Mistress Brighid ni Chiarain (Robin Carroll-Mann) 
Based on the 25 translated recipes from this source when I did my ingredient analysis
 Souring Agents 10 	
wine 4 	
Malvasia 1 	
vinegar 1 	
verjuice 2 	
orange juice 2 

Manual de Mugeres 
Translations by Mistress Brighid ni Chiarain (Robin Carroll-Mann) and various people on the Medieval_Spain list 
The 29 food recipes are dealt with in this analysis
  Souring Agents 4 	
sour grape juice 1 	
sour pomegranates 1 	
Wine 2 		
  wine 1 		
  white wine 1 

Um Tratado Da Cozinha Portuguesa Do Seculo XV 
A Text on Portuguese Cooking from the Fifteenth Century 
Translated by Baroness Faerisa Gwynarden 
  Souring Agents 11 	
vinegar 6 	
lemon juice 2 	
unripe grape juice 1 	
verjuice or lemon juice 1 	
white wine 1 

Libre del Coch
Translation by Mistress Brighid ni Chiarain (Robin Carroll-Mann)
This analysis is based on 243 translated recipes
  Souring Agents 170 	
Vinegars 72			30% 		
  vinegar 40 		
  vinegar, white 28 		
  vinegar, rose 2 		
  vinegar, red 1 		
  vinegar, strong 1 	
Citrus Juice 42			17% 		
  orange juice 37 		
  orange juice or other sour stuff 1 		
  orange juice or white vinegar 1 		
  verjuice or orange juice 1 		
  lemon juice 2 	
Wine 21				9% 		
  wine, red 7 		
  wine, white 5 		
  wine, sweet white 3 		
  wine 2 		
  malmsey or wine of San Martin 1 		
  must of wine red or white 1 		
  wine, sweet 1 		
  wine, red or white 1 	
Pomegranates 13 		
  sour pomegranate juice 4 		
  sour pomegranate seeds 3 		
  pomegranate juice 1 		
  pomegranate seed 1 		
  sour pomegranate wine 1 		
  sweet pomegranate seeds 1 		
  semi-sweet pomegranate juice 1 		
  white pomegranate juice 1 	
verjuice 16 	
(juice of ?) sweet white grapes 1 	
unripe grape juice 2 	
"sour stuff" 2 	
something sour 1 

Domingo Hernandez de Maceras   
HYPERLINK "http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Libro_Del_Arte_De_Cozina-ISBN_8474814545.html?isrc=b-search" 
Libro Del Arte De Cozina 
  Souring Agents 8
Vinegar 4
white wine 2
verjuice 1
orange juice 1 

Francisco Martinez Montino 
Arte de Cocina, Pasteleria, Vizchocheria y Conserveria (1611) 
  Souring Agents 6
Wine 2
Vinegar 2
verjuice 1
lemon juice 1


Juana Isabella