FoodBanter.com - Mulled wine

On 1/12/2014 9:32 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:56:11 +0000
> RustyHinge > wrote:
>
>> Cross-toasted between uk.food+drink.misc and The Shed
>>
>> For Christmas I was given a nice little elliptical tin with the label:
>> The Bay Tree traditional Mulled Wine bundles.
>>
>> Very nice smell, and I wouldn't quarrel with the composition (lemon
>> peel, orange peel, cassia bark, ginger, cloves and nutmeg.), but I'm
>> rather suspicious of the directions, viz:
>>
>> "Steep one bundle in 75cl of red wine and 25cl of sweet cider. Heat
>> slowly and simmer for 15 mns. Add sugar to taste."
>>
>> Simmering an alcoholic beverage for 15 minutes would (by my estimate)
>> remove about half the alcohol from it.
>>
>> Thash no ushe for Chrishtmash libationsh.
>>
>> Wot doth the panel goove? (It ain't how I do it...)
>
> I goove that keeping the lid on the pot while simmering would help,
> otherwise add a splash of wodka (Polish perhaps) near the end.
>
Nail polish wood be an improvement.