1827 Oxford Night Caps

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WHITE WINE WHEY, OR MILK POSSET. Put one pint of milk into a saucepan,and when it boils pour into it one gill of white wine; boil it till the curd becomes bard, then strain it through a fine sieve; rub a few knobs of loaf sugar on the rind of a lemon, put them into the Whey; grate a small quantity of nutmeg into it; sweeten it to your taste, and it is ht for use. PEPPER POSSET. The more to promote perspiration, whole pepper is sometimes boiled in the Whey,but all-spice is far preferable. , A PepperPossetwasknown tothe learned and ingenious John Dryden,as will appear by the following lines written by him;

A sparing diet did her health assure; Or sick, a pepper posset was her cure. C 3