[Sca-cooks] Rum festion??

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Cealian wrote:
>   Friends of mine do another era of recreation, War of independence time
>period, that being said they were looking for a recipe for a drink most
>often served in Maritime Northern states called a Rum Festion not sure if
>spelling is correct but essentialy it was a mulled drink with eggs and rum
>in it.  Wondering if anybody ever heard of it?

  That would be Rum Fustian.

Supposedly it was made by mixing one gallon of rum, one bottle of 
sherry, one quart of beer, and one pint of gin, then adding in 
nutmeg, egg yolks and sugar to make it more palatable.
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Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita