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Posset,
it
seems,
is
a
medicated
drink
of
some
antiquity
;
for
among
the
numerous
Eng-
lish
authors
who
in
some
way
or
other
speak
of
it,
our
immortal
Bard
Shakspeare
has
made
one
of
his
characters
say,
"
We'll
have
a
Posset
at
the
latter
end
of
a
sea
coal
fire."
And
Sir
John
Suckling,
who
died
in
1641,
says
in
one
of
his
poems,
"
In
came
the
bridemaids
with
the
Posset."
Dr.
Johnson
describes
Posset
to
be
milk
curdled
with
wine
and
other
acids
;
we
may
therefore
with
propriety
infer,
that
the
White
Wine
Whey
so
common
in
Oxford
is
the
Milk
Posset
of
our
forefathers.
WHITE
WINE
WHEY,
OR
MILK
POSSET.
Put
one
pint
of
milk
into
a
saucepan,
and
when
it
boils
pour
into
it
one
gill
of
white
wine
;
boil
it
till
the
curd
becomes
hard,
then
strain
it
through
a
fine
sieve
;
rub
a
few
knobs
of
loaf
sugar
on
the
rind
of
a
lemon,
put
them
into
the
Whey
;
grate
a
small
quantity
of