1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

CHAPTER IV

SOME OLD RECIPES

Indifference of the Chineses—A nasty potion—A nastier—White Bastard—Helping it to be eager—Improving Malmsey— Death of the Duke of Clarence—Mum is not the word— English champagne—Life without Ebulum a blank—Cock ale How to dispose of surplus poultry—Painful fate of a pauper—Potage fau-vrc—Duties ofthe old English housewife Election of wines, not golf—Muskadine—Lemon wine— Familiar recipe—King William s posset Pope's rlitto. "The Chineses," says a very old work on liquid nourishment, "make excellent Drink of Rice, which is very pleasant of taste, and is preferred by them before wine." But like the Germans, the Chineses will eat and drink pretty nearly anything. _And this is the cheering mixture which the Chineses sampled in the new German colony of Kiant-schan, according to the FTcmk^uvtev Zeltung: "Sitting under the poplars one can imagine oneself in the courtyard of an old German feudal castle. The hamper is opened, and the cold mountain stream flowing before the temple serves as an ice cellar. Once more the male population of the village puts in an appearance, standing