The pastor's wassail
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 4 | Cinnamon Sticks | |
| 3 | Lemon Slices | |
| 2 | cups | Pineapple Juice |
| 2 | cups | Orange Juice |
| 6 | cups | Claret Wine |
| ½ | cup | Lemon Juice |
| 1 | cup | Dry Sherry |
Directions
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 :