Warm Christmas Drinks

[Grant Fan]

What's a good warm drink recipe for Christmas? My boyfriend and I are having people over on Christmas Eve and I want to serve something non alcoholic and warm that's not hot coco. So any ideas?

 

[rue]

Hot apple cider

 

[Connery]

Possibly an herbal tea of Gingerbread Spice or an apple spice.

 

[sal]

Hot apple cider

agree...with cinnamon sticks

 

[DNO]

agree...with cinnamon sticks

...and a clove or two.

 

[Connery]

I beleive some variety would enhance the non alcoholic theme.

 

[scotrace]

Tom & Jerries.

 

[Mr Vim]

No one's mentioned Wassel? I'm shocked, there are a ton of different recipes plus it has its own song! Of course now there is a Anglicanized version which is "Here we come a caroling among the leaves so green."

Yeah, that word used to be wasseling, not caroling!

EDIT: I just noticed the non alcholic bit, but wassel can be made without any alcohol.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Hot mulled cranberry punch is a delicious drink for the holidays.
Ingredients:

* 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
* 2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/3 cup brown sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
* dash nutmeg
* dash salt
* butter
* cinnamon sticks

Preparation:
Combine first 9 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Pour into cups, dot with butter, and add a cinnamon stick to each cup.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.

 

[rue]

Tom & Jerries.

psssst dad..... that has booze in it.....

 

[rue]

EDIT: I just noticed the non alcholic bit, but wassel can be made without any alcohol.

Yeah... it took me a few minutes to think of a drink without alcohol lol

 

[HodgePodge]

No one's mentioned Wassel? I'm shocked, there are a ton of different recipes plus it has its own song! Of course now there is a Anglicanized version which is "Here we come a caroling among the leaves so green."

Yeah, that word used to be wasseling, not caroling!

:eeek:

"Anglicised"? More like "Americanized." Wassail was already an english word.

EDIT: I just noticed the non alcholic bit, but wassel can be made without any alcohol.

This Wassail recipe calls for 2 pints of ale, but by the time you're done simmering it, I would have to imagine the alcohol would have "burned off."

 

[Spitfire]

Without alcohol?....eeehhhhhh.......... Forget it

 

[Mr Vim]

Yeah... it took me a few minutes to think of a drink without alcohol lol

It's funny my mind sort of glossed over the word Non as if to say "You read that, but that can't be right." Shame on me.

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Living in Australia with Christmas being in Summer the very idea, of a warm drink makes one shudder, unless its Tea of course

 

[DNO]

:eeek:

"Anglicised"? More like "Americanized." Wassail was already an english word.




This Wassail recipe calls for 2 pints of ale, but by the time you're done simmering it, I would have to imagine the alcohol would have "burned off."

Oxford English Dictionary has citations for wassail back to 1300 AD.

 

[DNO]

Oxford English Dictionary has citations for wassail back to 1300 AD.

Oops. Make that 1275. Guess I should have kept reading.

 

[HodgePodge]

Oops. Make that 1275. Guess I should have kept reading.

Yup. Though I'm sure some would take issue with me trying to argue that "wæs (þu) hæl" is "english."

 

[LocktownDog]

Yup. Though I'm sure some would take issue with me trying to argue that "wæs (þu) hæl" is "english."

Old English (anglo saxon) is still the mother language (if you don't count the indo-european predecessor). So no issue with your facts at all, HodgePodge.

 

[LocktownDog]

This is good stuff, but I prefer to replace the brandy with a mediocre rum. The flavors of really good rum are wasted.

HOT GROG

6 Bags of Black Tea & Water
20 Oz. Brandy
4 Lemons Sliced and Halved
20 Whole Cloves
2 T Cinnamon
24 Whole Cinnamon Sticks

Place tea, water, lemon segments, cloves and cinnamon in large sauce pan. Stir over low fire. Do not allow to boil. When hot, remove from stove and add brandy. Serve at once in heat resistant cups or mugs, and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Yield: 24 6-oz. servings.