sca-cooks Re: Hot Drinks

[Mark Schuldenfrei]

  What is the differance between a caudle and a posset?

pos.set \'pa:s-*t\ n [ME poshet, possot] : a hot drink of sweetened and
   spiced milk curdled with ale or wine

cau.dle \'ko.d-*l\ n [ME caudel, fr. ONF, fr. caut warm, fr. L calidus -
   more at] CALDRON : a drink (as for invalids) usu. of warm ale or wine mixed
   with bread or gruel, eggs, sugar, and spices

	Tibor