1903 The still-room by C. Roundell

— Old and New

Drinks

but do not get too near the boiling-point. Then beat the yolks of six eggs and the whites of three eggs, and throw them into the bowl. Slowly add half the heated ale and wine, stirring all the while. Bring the remainder to the boil and pour it also in the bowl. Lastly, throw into the bowl six roasted apples which had been cored and stuffed with sugar and think of Puck's confession

" Sometimes lurk I in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab,

And, when she drinks, against her lips I bob, And in her wither'd dewlaps pour the ale ! "

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