"Ray Calvert" > wrote in message
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> The question of how to make mulled wine comes up every now and then. I
> ran into this recipe in a book "Christmas in the Old West" by Sam Travers
> and thought I might share it.
>
> Mulled Wine: Grate one half Nutmeg into a Pint of Wine and Sweeten to
> your Taste with Loaf-sugar. Set it over the fire and when it boils take
> it off the fire to cool. Beat the yolks of four eggs very well, strain
> them and add to them a little cold wine, them [sic] mix them with hot wine
> gradually. Pour it backward and forward several times till it looks fine
> and light, then set it on the fire and heat it very gradually till it is
> quite hot and pretty thick and pour it up and down several times. Put it
> in chocolate cups and serve it with long narrow toast. (1801)
>

Wow, that is a lot of nutmeg... I can't imagine what that would taste like,
and the reason for the egg yolks? I will stick with my Glogg.

Quixote