18th Century Hot Drinks for New Years

A bit of history interspersed with some cooking -- punch, egg nog, and hot buttered ale.

4 comments:

Grim said...

“We can imagine this echoing throughout history.”

I can imagine quite a lot.

Thomas Doubting said...

Well, for "A channel dedicated to exploring the 18th Century lifestyle," much work needs to be done in the imagination. After all, we can't go back. It is more of a re-enactment channel rather than an academic history channel.

Grim said...

Hot buttered ale is not a common drink these days; hot buttered rum has replaced it in America, at least. But it's a good drink, well, both of them are.

Thomas Doubting said...

You've had hot buttered ale? I'd never even heard of it before.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever had hot buttered rum, either, and I tend to like rum and rum drinks.