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An English Wassail

A historical recipe from Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions, by Mary A. Wilson (1920).

A historical recipe

Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions, by Mary A. Wilson (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #17438.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions, by Mary A. Wilson (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #17438 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17438). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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United Kingdom. Associated with United Kingdom by a demonym leading its title: English (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Place two gallons of cider in a large punch bowl and add A large lump of ice, One-half dozen bananas, cut in thin slices, One-half dozen oranges, cut in slices and then in small pieces, One medium-sized bottle of maraschino cherries, Small baked apple.
  2. Cut the cherries into tiny bits and use the juice also.
  3. Put in one baked apple for each guest.
  4. The apples are afterward eaten with a fork.
  5. Mix and serve.
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