1929 The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas

THE BON VIVANT'S COMPANION

the wine and half a pint of water,set this in the bowl with the balance of the water and beat them together thoroughly. When the wine boils pour it on the mixture in the bowl, add the nutmeg,and stir it rapidly. Be careful not to pour the mixture into the wine,or the eggs will curdle. Some persons may prefer more sugar,and the addition of a little allspice, but this is a matter of taste.

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MULLED WINE

With the whites of eggs

Dissolve one pound of sugar in two pints of hot water, to which add two and a half pints of good sherry wine, and let the mixture be set upon the fire until it is almost ready to boil. Meantime beat up the whites of twelve eggs to a froth, and pour into them the hot mixture, stirring rapidly. Add a little nutmeg.

MULLED WINE

In verse First, my dear madam, you must take Nine eggs, which carefully you'll break- Into a bowl you'll drop the white, The yolks into another by it. Let Betsy beat the whites with switch. Till they appear quite frothed and rich- Another hand the yolks must beat With sugar, which will make them sweet; Three or four spoonfuls maybe'll do. Though some,perhaps, would take but two.

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