Punch

[Lady Cynthia]

A favourite eighteenth-century drink, brought from India in the late seventeenth century by merchants of the East India Company.

2 pt claret
1/2 pt brandy
grated nutmeg, sugar and lemon juice to taste
toast, to serve

Mix the ingredients and serve in a punchbowl with toasted bread floating on the top. A variation of this was milk punch, where milk replaces the wine.

Jennifer Stead, "Food and Cooking in 18th Century Britain," English Heritage, 1985.

[flippyxtrem]

hmmm this sounds alot better than TRL's Cajun Tea....

And the toast stays afloat on top of this punchbowl? wont the toast eventually sink? and get nice and soggy? or is there ketch to this?

Cheers

[[GG]Lord von Döbeln]

I will gladly exchange the promised wine for this punch.
Should be a requisite when playing MP!!! Discussing tactics via Skype and sipping punch... Sweet;D

[GG]vD