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Showing posts with label drinks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drinks. Show all posts
Thursday, April 19, 2018

The History Of Mead And The Lindisfarne Mead

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Recipereminiscing If you’ve read mythology, you’ve undoubtedly run across mead, this drink of heroes, gods, lovers and kings. The god...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Beer Over Wine? New Find Indicates Bronze Age Greeks Imbibed Both Beverages!

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Ancient Origins Wine wasn’t the only drink popular with ancient Greeks, according to a new report. The discovery of two Bronze Age brew...
Friday, May 19, 2017

No One Questions that Vikings Drank; But Did They Make Wine?

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Ancient Origins Further evidence that the Vikings weren’t just beer-swilling, raping, and pillaging savages comes out of Denmark with t...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Top 5 Jane Austen recipes

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History Extra Written by Pen Vogler, the editor of Penguin’s Great Food series, the book also features dishes Jane and her family were ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Sloe gin

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History Extra In every issue of BBC History Magazine, picture editor Sam Nott brings you a recipe from the past. In this article, Sam r...
Monday, March 6, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Buttered beere

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History Extra Buttered beere: a sweet drink enjoyed in the Tudor period. (Credit: Sam Nott)  In every issue of BBC History Magazine, ...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Wassail punch

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History Extra Add some history to your festivities with a glass of wassail punch. © Sam Nott In every issue of BBC History Magazine, ...