Scottish Regimental Punch
I do not anticipate ever assembling the ingredients or company to make this punch, but in the spirit of the season, and in the spirit of preparedness, I give you:
1 gallon cream half whipped
2 one pound jars of honey
10 bottles of whiskey
whites of 12 eggs
juice of 6 lemons
2 lbs. oatmeal
2 bottles of brandy
Steep oatmeal for 12 hours. Drain thoroughly and use essence of oatmeal water. Add remaining ingredients.
Recipe courtesy of the Members & Friends of the Weathersfield, Vermont Historical Society, where, apparently, they know how to shake up and get down.
By the power of Google calculator and conversions I have researched standard historic bottle volumes and divided everything by 12! I figure egg whites are a pain to divide, so I would use the one egg white measure to build the rest of the ingredients.
1.3 cups cream, half whipped
1/3 cup honey
2.5 cups whiskey
1 egg white
juice of 1/2 lemon
2/3 cup oatmeal (steeped in how much water? They are leaving us to flounder here...)
1/2 cup brandy
Steep 2/3 cup of oatmeal in however much water seems cosmically appropriate for 12 hours. Use quick oats at your very great peril. Thoroughly drain and strain. Use water. (Eat oats???)
Add everything else.
Put on kilt. Drink up. Die of heart failure.
The Lonely Old Soldier
Scottish Regimental Punch, reduced to a single serving, because I'm not sure I can find ten people willing to try this with me. (Or five people willing to try it twice.)
2 Tb cream, lightly whipped
1.5 tsp honey
2 oz whiskey
1/10 of an egg white (srsly? Sad. Just sad. Wave an egg over the glass and call it a day.)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
3 tsp oatmeal steeped in a cosmically appropriate amount of water for 12 hours!
1/2 oz brandy
Don't lose the oatmeal. Don't let the cat drink it. Don't let the spouse throw it out. Drain water. Add ingredients to water. Drink. Throw wet old oats at some young whippersnapper who doesn't understand the way the world used to be.
Scottish Regimental Punch
1 gallon cream half whipped
2 one pound jars of honey
10 bottles of whiskey
whites of 12 eggs
juice of 6 lemons
2 lbs. oatmeal
2 bottles of brandy
Steep oatmeal for 12 hours. Drain thoroughly and use essence of oatmeal water. Add remaining ingredients.
Recipe courtesy of the Members & Friends of the Weathersfield, Vermont Historical Society, where, apparently, they know how to shake up and get down.
By the Power of Google I Reduce You!
Scottish Regimental Punch for mere (curious) mortalsBy the power of Google calculator and conversions I have researched standard historic bottle volumes and divided everything by 12! I figure egg whites are a pain to divide, so I would use the one egg white measure to build the rest of the ingredients.
1.3 cups cream, half whipped
1/3 cup honey
2.5 cups whiskey
1 egg white
juice of 1/2 lemon
2/3 cup oatmeal (steeped in how much water? They are leaving us to flounder here...)
1/2 cup brandy
Steep 2/3 cup of oatmeal in however much water seems cosmically appropriate for 12 hours. Use quick oats at your very great peril. Thoroughly drain and strain. Use water. (Eat oats???)
Add everything else.
Put on kilt. Drink up. Die of heart failure.
The Lonely Old Soldier
2 Tb cream, lightly whipped
1.5 tsp honey
2 oz whiskey
1/10 of an egg white (srsly? Sad. Just sad. Wave an egg over the glass and call it a day.)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
3 tsp oatmeal steeped in a cosmically appropriate amount of water for 12 hours!
1/2 oz brandy
Don't lose the oatmeal. Don't let the cat drink it. Don't let the spouse throw it out. Drain water. Add ingredients to water. Drink. Throw wet old oats at some young whippersnapper who doesn't understand the way the world used to be.
Comments
and yes, I want to try it. With or without the appropriate accompanying regiment.
And that's what Alex says.