Re: Sekanjabin

[Michael and MJ Houghton <herveus@access.digex.net>]

Poster: Michael and MJ Houghton <herveus@access.digex.net>

Howdy!

> 
> Poster: Tom Brady <tabrady@mindspring.com>
> 
[snip]
> 
> Unless I misremember, Cariadoc also has a recipe for this in his
> Miscellany, for comparison purposes. I've heard of trying this with
> fruit-flavored vinegars, as well. One thing that I tried that others seemed
> to like is to add a little (*very* little) rose water to the syrup to take
> the edge off the vinegar - be careful, 'cause it's easy to put in too much
> rose water! Also, exotic mints, such as lemon mint or chocolate mint (yes,
> there really is such a thing!) also work well with this.
> 
I really like it made with chocolate mint...my patch is growing quite nicely.

I am also inclined to cut mine more like 12 to 1 or so. Further, I tend to
pile in the mint. I'll take a colander full and add it to a batch and let
it steep a while.

yours,
Herveus
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