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Wassail-Bowl

From Common-sense papers on cookery, 1880

Use strong old ale for best results.

Presented as published in 1880. 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 Common-sense papers on cookery (1880) by A. G. Payne, page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

wassail-bowl.” I have never tried the following recipe, but will give it, as it sounds fairly correct : — Heat in a saucepan a pint of Burton ale, with half a pound of sugar, a grated nutmeg, and half an ounce f grated ginger; after it has just boiled up, add a quart more ale, four glasses of golden sherry, and a couple of ounces of lump sugar that has been rubbed over the outside of a lemon. Add also a few thin slices of lemon. Make the whole mixture hot without boiling it, and add half a dozen roasted apples
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