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Default Sandra Boynton's wassail bowl recipe - have you tried it?

On 12/30/2010 4:04 PM, Lenona wrote:
> It's from her 1980s book "Christmastime."
>
> Humorously, as is typical for her, she lists 125 gallons of ale as an
> ingredient. And 240 eggs.
>
> Everything else is SUPPOSED to be proportional, of course, but even
> two pounds of sugar seems ridiculously little if you divide everything
> by 125. (So do the spices - some of them, anyway.)
>
> Did it taste good to you, if you tried it?
>
> (I once asked here what type of ale to use - someone said "a brown
> ale.")
>
> Lenona.


That's a lot of glog. Hope she had many restrooms!

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