Wassail

Name: Wassail
Ingredients: a pint of ale; one-half ounce of grated ginger; one-half ounce of grated nutmeg; a pinch of cinnamon; one-half pound of brown sugar; two more pints of ale; one-half pint of sherry or Malaga; the zest of a lemon; six cored and roasted apples

From A bachelors cupboard, 1906

Traditional English Christmastide recipe.

Presented as published in 1906. 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 A bachelors cupboard (1906) by A. Lyman Phillips, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WASSAIL This is a famous old English Christmastide recipe, and dates back to the time of good Queen Bess — and earlier. To a pint of ale add one-half ounce of grated ginger, one-half ounce of grated nutmeg, a pinch of cinnamon, and one-half pound of brown sugar. Heat and stir, but do not boil. Add two more pints of ale, one-half pint of sherry or Malaga, the zest of a lemon rubbed on a lump of sugar, and, finally, six cored and roasted apples

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