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36
CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
Recipe
for
LamVs
WooL
To
one
quart
of
strong
hot
ale
add
the
pulp
of
six
roasted
apples,
together
with
a small
quantity
of
grated
nutmeg
and
ginger,
with
a
sufficient
quantity
of
raw
sugar
to
sweeten
it
;
stir
the
mixture
assiduously,
and
let
it
be
served
hot.
Of
equal
antiquity,
and
of
nearly
the
same
composition,
is
the
Wassail
Bowl,
which
in
many
parts of
England
is
still
partaken
of
on
Christmas
Eve,
and
is
alluded
to
by
Shakspeare
in
his
^^
Midsummer
Night^s
Dream/^
In
Jesus
College,
Oxford,
we
are
told,
it
is
drunk
on
the
Festival
of
St.
David,
out
of
a
silver-gilt
bowl
holding
ten
gallons,
which
was
presented
to
that
College
by
Sir
Watkin
William
Wynne,
in
1732.
Recipe
for
the
Wassail
Bowl,
Put
into
a
quart
of
warm
beer
one
pound
of
raw
sugar,
on
which
grate
a
nutmeg
and
some
ginger
;
then
add
four
glasses
of
sherry
and
two
quarts
more
of
beer,
with
three
slices
of
lemon
;
add
more
sugar,
if
required,
and
serve
it
with
three
slices
of
toasted
bread
floating
in
it.
Another
genus
of
beverages,
if
so
it
may
be
termed,
of
considerable
antiquity,
comprise
those
compositions
having
milk
for
their
basis,
or,
as
Dr.
Johnson
describes
them,
^'
milk
curdled
with
wine
and
other
acids,^^
known
under
the
name
of
Possets
—
such
as
milk-possets,
pepper-
posset,
cider-posset,
or
egg-posset.
Most
of
these,
now-