Lamb's Wool
Submitted by Chef |
"The Feast of Epiphany, also called the Feast of Kings, Twelfth Night, or the last day of Christmas originated in Egypt during the course of the third century. Thus it was a more day than Christmas Day itself. Like Christmas, it was apparently established to compete with a pagan festival , in honor of the Egyptian sun god, celebrated at the winter solstice... In England, Twelfth Night was traditionally celebrated with a delicious drink called Lamb's Wool, made of cider or ale, with roasted apples and sugar and spices. It was the custom to bless apple trees by pouring a libation of cider on them."
"This Old English and Irish punch which dates from the Middle Ages, probably gets its name from the whiteness of the roasted apples as they float in the cider." |
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