Mead. No. 2.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Time: Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

mead base

Ten quarts of honey ↝ Honey [Sweets]
thirty quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]

spices

one ounce of cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
one of cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
two of ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
two large nutmegs, to be pounded first ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]

Instructions (4)

Boil ten quarts of honey with thirty quarts of water for one hour.
When cold, put it into a cask.
Add to it one ounce of cinnamon, one of cloves, two of ginger, and two large nutmegs, to be pounded first, and suspended in a linen bag in the barrel from the bung-hole.
Filter the scum through a flannel bag.

Original Text

Mead. No. 2.

Ten quarts of honey boiled one hour with thirty quarts of water; when cold, put it into a cask, and add to it one ounce of cinnamon, one of cloves, two of ginger, and two large nutmegs, to be pounded first, and suspended in a linen bag in the barrel from the bung-hole. The scum must be filtered through a flannel bag.

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