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CHAPTER IV
SOME OLD RECIPES
Indifference of the Chineses—A nasty potion—A nastier—White
Bastard—Helping it to be eager—Improving Malmsey—
Death of the Duke of Clarence—Mum is not the word—
English champagne—Life without Ebulum a blank—Cock
ale How to dispose of surplus poultry—Painful fate of a
pauper—Potage fau-vrc—Duties ofthe old English housewife
Election of wines, not golf—Muskadine—Lemon wine—
Familiar recipe—King William s posset Pope's rlitto.
"The Chineses," says a very old work on liquid
nourishment, "make excellent Drink of Rice,
which is very pleasant of taste, and is preferred
by them before wine."
But like the Germans, the Chineses will eat
and drink pretty nearly anything. _And this is
the cheering mixture which the Chineses sampled
in the new German colony of Kiant-schan,
according to the FTcmk^uvtev Zeltung:
"Sitting under the poplars one can imagine
oneself in the courtyard of an old German feudal
castle.
The hamper is opened, and the cold
mountain stream flowing before the temple serves
as an ice cellar. Once more the male population
of the village puts in an appearance, standing