[Artemisia] Re: Artemisia Digest, Vol 40, Issue 23

[Jeanne P / Casamira]

My dear Morgan,
Rat Boy has been mine since Uprising.  I was approaced by several different
nobles after the children's court and asked to take this Wunder Rat under my
care - and to give him lessons in how to read the names of Kings!  I spoke
with his mother and Rat Boy himself at that event.

I thought is was most gracious of me to "share" him with you.  However you
have set up an evil plot.

Here is an Amaretto recipe:
 1/2 tsp. pure almond extract     1 1/2 c. vodka      1/2 c. sugar syrup

 Directions: Make the sugar syrup (2 parts sugar, 1 part water. Boil 5
minutes), cool, add other ingredients, shake well, Mature a few days and it
is ready to dring. Makes 2 c.

Or how about this one?  Fred's Homemade Amaretto in a Morgan size - 1.5gallons

3 cups water             4 cups sugar               1.75 liters inexpensive
vodka
3 liters apricot brandy   1 cup Karo Syrup       4 oz. almond extract
Make a simple syrup. cool.  add the remaining ingredients.  Bottle in
colored bottles and age at least 2 weeks.

None of these recipes are period because they use almond extract so I don't
make them.
I do not see any recipes that use actual almonds.
Research shows:
Bitter almonds are successfully processed to make almond extract and
almond-flavored liqueurs, free of the toxins. The bitter almond, a cousin to
the sweet almond, contains in its raw state traces of lethal prussic acid.
Five unprocessed bitter almonds can be toxic for a child (such as Rat Boy)
and fifteen can be lethal for an adult (although it might take a few more
for Morgan). Although the toxicity is destroyed by heat, the sale of
unrefined bitter almonds is prohibited in the United States.

So . . . for me to make a true Amaretto for Morgan, I would have to break
the law to obtain unrefined bitter almonds.

Do you see this.  Morgan claims my ward and will only relinquish his claim
if I break the law!  What a trap this man sets.

The rat boy is MINE!

Cas

Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:01:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Rat-boy budding Herald
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> Wait a minute, we aren't all agreed!  i still want to know how the little
> Rat that I claimed 7 months ago got to be your Ward????  It was bad enough
> when you snatched my Hilde, at least I had advanced warning on that, but to
> sneak my pet Rat out from under me when I'm busy care-taking Sean's Barony,
> well that's just (sputter, mutter, grump)!  I'm working on my KyneWynn's
> Kids Kollection, and he's vital to the set, kind of like collecting coronets
> and not having a baronial one (ask His Excellency Sean, or His Majesty)- the
> set just ain't complete without it!
>
> I'll make you a deal- you help me make some amaretto, and I'll relinquish
> my claim on the Rat and help you train him.
>
> Morgan
>
>
> My Dear Ysabel,
> We certainly all agree that my dear ward, Rat-boy, is to be on your
> list.  I
> suggest that you address all of us in any discussion of his training in
> this
> noble skill.
> Certainly his mother, the lovely and talented Lady KyneWynn, has given her
> permission for him to participate in this endeavor.
> And . . . I acknowledge that THL Morgan has had more practice in court
> heralding than I, so I will allow him to work with Rat-boy in such
> endeavors, to exclude singing.
> As his pverseeing Peer, I certainly encourage his training in this artform
> as long as it does not interfer with his service to me.
> And, it must be FUN.  (For Rat-boy, not you Morgan!)
> So, since we are all agreed, Let it be so!
>
> Baroness Casamira Jawjalny, O.L., O.P.
> The Pun is mightier than the Sword!
>
>