Hippocras Jelly- Round 1
Seamus sent me an article ( https://eatshistory.com/eating-like-king-henry-viii-jelly-hippocras-recipe/ ) for Hippocras Jelly, which in itself was a huge breakthrough. It's been surprisingly difficult for me to find uses of gelatin in SCA period that are sweet. Nearly everything I had found to this point talks about gelatin and aspic being used in savory dishes, and the sweet uses crop up right at the end or after period. So having 'hippocras jelly' as a search term has given me some solid variations to try on this base recipe. After reading the article and looking at the specific ingredient set, I did a little more searching and found some other articles and videos. This video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XKaBSCwWA ) has some great historical context and references, as well as a recipe. The payload really showed up here though ( https://rarecooking.com/2018/12/10/hippocras-or-spiced-wine/ ) in terms of just making Hippocras on its own. So after considering all the...