Cooking with Strawberry

  Wassail  ( / ˈ w ɒ s əl / ,  /- eɪ l /   WOSS-əl, -⁠ayl , likely from  Old Norse   "ves heill" ) [1]  is a beverage made from hot  mulled   cider  and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of  wassailing , an ancient English  Yuletide  drinking ritual and  salutation  either involved in door-to-door charity-giving or used to ensure a good cider  apple  harvest the following year.   [2]  The drink is now increasingly popular from the  Internet  as a historical Christmas-time beverage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail I make Wassail as part of a fall tradition for a November event that my medieval reenactment (SCA-Barony of Shattered Crystal) group puts on called Crystal Ball.  This is my recipe. This has been constructed though practice and testing. It is what I like and the people who I make it for also like. It is inspired by period wassail but is not a redaction of any period  recipe. Oranges of the period were not like they are today. Todays oranges are a

 First here is my recipe... Why because I hate the sites that make you go though all there story to get to the recipe that is why and this is my blog so I will do as I please. There is not a ton of history here just the sources for the history oldest I am listing that I have a 13th century cook book.  Strawberry's Sekanjabin 1 cup white vinegar 2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup Mint leaves or as many mint leaves as your heart delights in. Put vinegar and mint in a pot over heat and cover boil for 5 to 10 min. Strain out mint leaves pressing liquid out of them. Return vinegar to pot add in the 2 cups of sugar and keep stirring till all the sugar dissolves and the liquid is no longer cloudy. Pour in to storage container, if glass and liquid is still hot put a metal spoon in the container to prevent the glass from breaking. Lid and store till use. I keep mine in the refrigerator  Mix syrup with as much water as you like and ice if you like,  or mix with hot water and have a hot beverage. I