The pastor's wassail

Yield: 1 servings

Measure Ingredient
1 cup Sugar
4 \N Cinnamon Sticks
3 \N Lemon Slices
2 cups Pineapple Juice
2 cups Orange Juice
6 cups Claret Wine
½ cup Lemon Juice
1 cup Dry Sherry

Boil first three ingredients with ½ cup of water for 5 minutes.

Remove lemon slices, any seeds, and cinnamon sticks. Heat the remaining ingredients until very warm. Do not boil! Combine with the syrup and serve very warm. Note: When serving, one should say --- "Wass hael", an old Saxon phrase, meaning "to be whole" or "be well".

From: Civil War in the Kitchen Cookbook by Hugh and Judy Gowan Recipe By :

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