SC - Coffee, Tea, and OOP
Magdalena
magdlena at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 2 21:40:33 PST 2000
"Laura C. Minnick" wrote:
>
> Did they REGULARLY drink hot drinks? How do we know?
>
Yes. How regularly, pretty often. How do we know, bibliographic references to
a variety of mixed drinks. Many, many recipe books have recipes for possets
containing milk/cream; ale, wine or both; sometimes eggs, frequently nutmeg or
cinnamon, and always (that I've seen) sugar. A lot like hot eggnog. Mostly
drunk in the evening or as a restorative drink if I remember correctly.
Somewhere I have the recipe for Sir Walter Raleigh's posset which involves both
ale and sack. When I wake up in the morning and my brain is working, I will try
to remember which other historical hot drinks belong to which historical
period. ;> I think I have more pre-1600 recipes.
- -Magdalena the too tired
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