av Raymund » 28 november 2003, 16:22
Det hela föll ur minnet en stund, men här följer ett citat från CA#120:
"'Sestier' in French, or 'sester' in English, is a measurement of unknown quantity. Scully defines it as a measure 'whose precise volume at that time is somewhat problematic,' (155) which sums up the situation well. Jerome Pichon, in his notes to the 1846 transcripton of <i>Le Menagier</i>, surmises that the eight-pint sester (one gallon) is used here. Ann Hagen notes that a 'sester' in 13th century Paris was four gallons (279), but she also says that the term 'sester' sometimes seems to mean nothing more tha 'a measure' (280). Also, when considering the measurements in this recipe, it should be noted that a French 'Pinte' of this time is 1.76 times as large as a modern pint (Haumbarger), and would contain about three pounds of honey. Using Pichon's sester measurement, this mead would be fairly sweet, at three pounds of honey per gallon of water. Using Hagen's sester measurement, the mead would be quite weak, at only three-quarters of a pound per gallon."
Scully, Terence. Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1995.
Hagen, Ann. A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production and Distrubution. Norfolk, England: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1995.
Haumbarger, Grant. "Period Metrology: A Study of Measurement, Part II." Complete Anachronist 82 (Nov. 1995).
/R