But if it were #mead, then it wouldn't contain any sugar, cause all the sugars would have #fermented to alcohol #brewinghttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/966763698361683968 …
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Helena Ullmark Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
But if it were #mead, then it wouldn't contain any sugar, cause all the sugars would have #fermented to alcohol #brewinghttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/966763698361683968 …
Helena Ullmark added,
I fear that's a question for the ancient food specialists and the museum curator, I'm simply following the case label :)
Also, if it was found in 1941, what analytical techniques were used to suggest sugar? Or was it analysed later? Who did the analysis? :-)
Could it have been only partly fermented, leaving sugars behind?
Certainly, I agree, this is a possibility.
Two different ways of brewing mead; so-called dry mead, and sack (sweet) mead. Depending on the variety of yeast(s) used in dry mead and its/their tolerance level for alcohol, some sugars can be left behind (mead being very high in alcohol %). In sack mead, a LOT of sugar left.
Ok, have found the report :) 'sample 2 (P7 from Treligga 5) gave... traces of wax, most probably beeswax, and a sugar system. Possibly this pot might have contained mead.' (P. M. Christie, 'Barrows on the North Cornish Coast: wartime excavations by C.K. Croft Andrew 1939-44', >
> Cornish Archaeology, 24 (1985), 23-118 at p. 93. Tests undertaken by John Evans, Department of Chemistry, North-East London Polytechnic, Romford Road, London. Hope that helps! :)
I found a thesis investigating lipids in EBA pottery that suggested something I've been thinking for a while, that fat was used to waterproof the pot, perhaps on its first use. Maybe beeswax too? http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.685158 …
Possible, but had I been on the scene, I would have advised against it. Back then and up to around 1840, beeswax was much rarer than animal fat, because of amount of bees needed, etc., and it's brittle; I would have advised pine-resin or animal fat for waterproofing.
Any thoughts on milk as a waterproofing? Just curious! :)
almost useless for that. You can mix it other things; lime for example, milk-washing your limed wall (as in wattle-and-daub, or mud-brick) does help. Mixing it with flour helps for an adhesive paste. But unless combined with the right things, it just degrades & disappears fast.
Thanks, I did wonder! All most interesting :)
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