Comments on: Traditional Finnish mead http://wstryder.org/2009/04/26/traditional-finnish-mead/ About teh internets and stuff. Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: wstryder http://wstryder.org/2009/04/26/traditional-finnish-mead/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 wstryder Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:50:23 +0000 http://wstryder.org/?p=323#comment-3101 Well, I'm calling this stuff mead for lack of a better word. The traditional Finnish "sima" is usually translated as "mead", although it's not made from honey. So you are absolutely right. The Finnish word "sima" actually means honey, and the drink was originally made with honey instead of sugar. Why people nowadays use sugar instead of honey is beyond me :) I actually use honey more often than sugar, so the stuff I have in my fridge can be called mead. I always experiment with different fruits and methods, I now have some lovely rhubarb mead brewing up :) Yes, it tastes exactly like lightly fermented lemonade, which is all it really is. Well, I’m calling this stuff mead for lack of a better word. The traditional Finnish “sima” is usually translated as “mead”, although it’s not made from honey. So you are absolutely right. The Finnish word “sima” actually means honey, and the drink was originally made with honey instead of sugar. Why people nowadays use sugar instead of honey is beyond me :)

I actually use honey more often than sugar, so the stuff I have in my fridge can be called mead. I always experiment with different fruits and methods, I now have some lovely rhubarb mead brewing up :)

Yes, it tastes exactly like lightly fermented lemonade, which is all it really is.

]]> By: cl http://wstryder.org/2009/04/26/traditional-finnish-mead/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 cl Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:44:54 +0000 http://wstryder.org/?p=323#comment-3090 Not entirely sure how this is a "mead", there's no honey. I realize that the word "mead" comes from the reference to it's "medical" values, yet, in today's definition it's a honey fermented beverage, yet this recipe has none. This does look intriguing though...does it task like a lightly fermented "lemonade"? cl Not entirely sure how this is a “mead”, there’s no honey. I realize that the word “mead” comes from the reference to it’s “medical” values, yet, in today’s definition it’s a honey fermented beverage, yet this recipe has none.

This does look intriguing though…does it task like a lightly fermented “lemonade”?

cl

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