On 8/4/16 11:34 AM, Joy Beeson wrote:
Switchel is an eighteenth-century hayhand's drink
consisting of ginger, molasses, vinegar, and optional
oatmeal. I substitute honey and freshly-squeezed lemon
juice for the molasses and vinegar.
I looked up "switchel" in the O.E.D.
(I once forgot the
On 8/4/16 4:31 PM, Liz Roberts wrote:
What is your recipe?
It's ad hoc. The first batch, I used water in which I'd
boiled "a field blend of black and mahogany" rice to make an
orzo salad. (I thought rice would be better than orzo.)
This was dark enough to make you think I'd put in a
I only heard about switchel recently and thought about trying it, but I'm not
very fond of vinegar unless it's made into a sweet/bread and butter pickle type
flavor. I like the idea of using honey and lemon instead of the molasses and
vinegar (although I do like molasses). I'm going to have to
