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MEAD AND BRAGGON, OR
BRAGGET,
Do not uiffer materially from Metheglin;
they are indeed varieties of the same.
Howell says, " they differ in strength a c–
" cording lo the three degrees of compari–
" son, Metheglin being strong in the s uper–
" lative, and if taken immoderately doth
" stupify more than a ny other liquor."
The following a re the
method~
of preparing
them.
Mix the whites o f six eggs with twelve
gallons of spring water; add twenty pounds
of the best virgin hon ey and t he peeling of
three lemons ; boil it a n hour, and then put
into it some rosemary
g'
cloves, mace, and
ginger; when it is quite cold, add a spoonful
or two of yeast, tun it, and when it has done
Working, stop it up close.
ln
a
few
months
g
The bc51 honey known
i•
th•t of N:irhonne in France,
where
1osernary
abounds, it having a very •trong
flavour
of that plant.