A Receipt for Metheglin of My Lady Windebanke

Ingredients

• four Gallons of water
• a quarter of a handful of Pellitory of the Wall
• a quarter of a handful of Sage
• a quarter of a handful of Thyme
• as much Clove gilly-flowers
• half as much Borage
• half as much Bugloss flowers
• a little Hyssop
• Five or six Eringo-roots
• three or four Parsley-roots
• one Fennel-root
• a few Red-nettle-roots
• a little Harts-tongue
• half an Ounce of Cloves
• half an Ounce of Mace
• an Ounce of Nutmeg
• two Ounces of Ginger
• a Gallon of Honey

Method

1. 1

   Boil water with herbs for half an hour, remove herbs, add spices in a bag, boil for another half hour, cool, add barm, let work for twelve hours, then bottle.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A RECEIPT FOR METHEGLIN OF MY LADY WINDEBANKE Take four Gallons of water ; add to it, these Herbs and Spices following. Pellitory of the Wall, Sage, Thyme, of each a quarter of a handful, as much Clove gilly-flowers, with half as much Borage and Bugloss flowers, a little Hyssop, Five or six Eringo- roots, three or four Parsley-roots : one Fennel-root, the pith taken out, a few Red-nettle-roots, and a little Harts-tongue. Boil these Roots and Herbs half an hour ; Then take out the Roots and Herbs, and put in the Spices grosly beaten in a Canvass- bag, viz. Cloves, Mace, of each half an Ounce, and as muchCinnamon, of Nutmeg an Ounce, with two Ounces of Ginger, and a Gallon of Honey

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.