[Sca-cooks] possets

[Harris Mark.S-rsve60]

Katherine asked:
>>>Does anyone have any recipes for possets or other warm alcoholic drinks
that one could make over a campfire?  I'm particularly interested in
ones that can be made without red wine and without dairy, as members of
my family have bad reactions to both those ingredients... but recipes
including those ingredients would also be of interest.  I would greatly
prefer SCA period recipes, but don't mind slightly OOP.<<<

You might try these files in the BEVERAGES section of the Florilegium:
caudles-art       (12K) 11/21/97    A medieval drink of warm wine or beer
                                       thickened with eggs by Tibor.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/caudles-art.html
caudls-posets-msg (13K)  2/12/02    Caudles and Possets. Thickened beverages.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/caudls-posets-msg.html
wassail-msg       (25K)  4/30/01    Spiced cider and ale drinks. Traditions.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/wassail-msg.html

I'd think mead might be good served warm, but I don't know if we have any
evidence of it being served that way in period.
mead-msg         (168K)  7/ 3/00    Making mead. Honey based alcoholic beverage.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/mead-msg.html
meadery-list-msg  (26K)  4/ 4/02    Lists and reviews of commercial meaderies.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/meadery-list-msg.html

Stefan li Rous