Non-Alcoholic Beverage Primary Sources
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Non-alcoholic beverages may yet be as interesting to the artisan as alcoholic beverages. These include vinegars, nut milks, dairy beverages, malt beverages, and others.
Sources
Name | Date | Country | Language | English Translation | Description | Panels |
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Naturalis Historia by Pliny | 79 CE | Rome | Classical Latin | 1601 translation, [1855], others exist. this 20th century translation is more complete.[1855], others exist. | A survey of the natural world, contains references to vinegar in chapters 21, . | |
al-Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ of Abu Muhammad al-Muthaffar ibn Nasr ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq | 900-1000 CE | Iraq | Arabic | available, in print | The earliest known Arabic cookbook, it has several beverage and vinegar recipes in it. | Almond Fuqqa |
Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook | 1200-1300 CE | Andalusia | Arabic | Available | This cookbook contains many recipes for syrup drinks, notably, sekenjabin. | |
Le ménagier de Paris | 1393 CE | France | French | available, in print | A guidebook for women running a household. | |
Das Kochbuch der Sabina Welserin | 1553 CE | Germany | German | Available | This cookbook on German cuisine contains recipes for vinegars. | |
The commonplace book of Countess Katherine Seymour Hertford | 1567 | England | English | (in English) | This book contains a selection of medicinal and culinary recipes at the end, including vinegars. | |
The English Huswife | 1623 | England | English | (in English) | Barely post-period, this cookbook contains a recipe for malt vinegar. |