Re: No more toast?

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected]  on Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 12:43:21 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>Alan B <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> My mother and (I think) her mother would have the occasional glass of 
>> Wincarnis. I had a sip or two once and found it quite sweet and 
>> generally disgusting. It contained meat extract in those days hence the 
>> 'carnis' in its name. I see it no longer contains meat so perhaps they 
>> should rename it!
>> 
>
>That does sound utterly disgusting. What was the point in having meat
>extract in there in the first place?
>
Up until the nineteenth century, and maybe later, Cock Ale would have
malt, water, yeast, spices and a skinned and part boiled cockerel as its
ingredients. Supposedly good for throat infections or so I am told.
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