Wes hál!
Be hale!
Be in very good smartly being!
From the Earlier Norse language ves heill to the Earlier English wes hál to the Trendy English Be in very good smartly being!
This toast is to you on Christmas Day and New one year’s Day.
From wes hál were given right here wassail, the drink, and the Anglo-Saxon customized of wassailing–toasting for your very good smartly being.
There are many recipes for wassail–from mulled cider to mulled beer. Where wintry climate celebrations and holidays are celebrated, you may find the wassail bowl–some form of a scorching, spiced punch.
Sugar, ale, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon heated and served. Wes hál!
Recipe
Here is a recipe for a wassil bowl–a scorching apple cider punch for all of the family:
INGREDIENTS:
½ tablespoon (7 mL) entire cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
1½ tablespoons (22 mL) of chopped contemporary ginger
1¾ cups of white sugar
1 quart water (1 liter)
1 quart (1 liter) orange juice (no longer mandatory)
1 cup lemon juice (no longer mandatory)
2 quarts (2 liter) of unpolluted apple cider
DIRECTIONS:
Wrap the clove, cinnamon sticks, and ginger in cheese material and tie with a string.
In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, water and spice bag. Simmer and stir until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and place inside the refrigerator in one day.
Reheat over a medium low flame stirring inside the apple cider–add the orange juice and lemon juice for a relatively tart style. Do not boil. Serve warmth. Enough for 24 servings.
