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Methelin, or Honey Wine
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 40
Another mead can be made by boiling honeycomb with water.
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 298. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
METHELIN, OR HONEY WINE. This is a very ancient and popular drink in the north of Europe. To some new honey, strained, add spring water; put a whole egg into it ; boil COFFEE, TEA, BEVERAGES. 448 this liquor till the egg swims above the liquor ; strain, pour it in a cask. To every fifteen gallons add two ounces of white Jamaica ginger, bruised, one ounce of cloves and mace, one and a half ounces of cinnamon
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