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iave a Posset at tlie latter end of a sea coal fire." And Sir Jolin Suclding, wlio died in 1641, says in one of his poems,"In came the bridesmaids with the Posset." Dr.John son describes Posset to he milk curdled with wine and other acids ; we may therefore with propriety infer, that,the Wliite Wine Whey so common in Oxford, is the Milk Posset of our forefathers. WHITE WINE WHEY, OR MILK POSSET. Put one pint of millc into a saucepan, and when it boils pour into it one gill of white wine; boil it till the curd becomes hard, then strain it through a fine sieve; rub a few knobs ofloaf 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 fit for use. PEPPER POSSET. The more to promote perspiration, whole pepper is sometimes boiled in the Whey,hut aU-spice is far preferable.