posset
Hot milk drink
A posset is a hot drink of milk curdled with wine or ale, often spiced, formerly used as a remedy for colds or as a comfort before bed.
The word survives mainly in historical fiction and recipes attempting to revive old English cookery.
Modern possets are typically chilled cream desserts set with citrus juice.
Mammalian nursing fluid
- curdledSolidified into lumps
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- spicedSeasoned with aromatics
- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
sack · wine · cinnamon · nutmeg · sugar · lemon · sweetened · creamy
Curative treatment or fix
- tonicInvigorating medicinal drink
- cureTreatment that heals
- healingRestoration of health
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
restorative · convalescent · ailment · cold · fever · insomnia · elixir · infusion
Of late 1500s England
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
hearth · monastery · herbalism · Shakespeare · wassail · banquet · feast · tavern
milk
Mammalian nursing fluid
ale · sack · wine · cinnamon · nutmeg · sugar · lemon · sweetened · creamy · hot
remedy
Curative treatment or fix
soothing · restorative · convalescent · ailment · cold · fever · insomnia · elixir · infusion · cordial
Elizabethan
Of late 1500s England
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
apothecary · hearth · monastery · herbalism · Shakespeare · wassail · banquet · feast · tavern · innkeeper
nursing
Medical caretaking profession
- weaningGradual dietary independence
- motherFemale parent
- curdled milkCoagulated dairy liquid
spit-up · feeding · newborn · wet nurse · christening · pap · gruel
- cream dessertscustard pudding, vanilla custard, chocolate custard, banana custard, pumpkin custard
- no-bake dessertsno-bake cookies, energy balls, buckeyes, buckeye, peanut butter balls
- spiced drinkschai, chai latte, chai tea, masala chai, mulled wine
- creamy foodscustard, pudding, mousse, yogurt, ice cream
- British PuddingsChristmas pudding, sticky toffee pudding, bread and butter pudding, spotted dick, spotted dog
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard