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flower_chops
flower_chops Posts: 179 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
I got given a bottle of mead a couple of Christmases ago (along with a little bag of spices - you eat it up and drink it warm with the spices) but I don't think I'm going to like it...is it like wine?

Anyway, rather than open it and waste it if I don't like it does anyone have any ideas on what I can use this for? This may be one of the most unusual requests but I hold great faith in you MSO's!!
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  • Snow_Angel
    Snow_Angel Posts: 764 Forumite
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    It's delicious - it's a form of wine. it's from Cornwall - a traditional drink. Very syrupy and sweet usually - you get different flavours. It's DELICIOUS :D (not that I'm biased being from Cornwall or anyhting :rotfl: )

    try this for a little background : http://www.cornishmead.co.uk/

    Or this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead

    You could probably substitute it into recipes where sweet sherry is called for but I'm not 100% sure about that....to be honest I never do anything with it other than drink it! :rotfl:
  • Becles
    Becles Posts: 13,184 Forumite
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    I don't think it's just from Cornwall. Lindisfarne mead is a traditional drink from Northumbria.

    Either way, it's very nice to drink :beer:
    Here I go again on my own....
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,650 Forumite
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    I've never heard of mead :o so I looked it up on Wikepedia and found this. It sounds quite nice.

    Pink
  • wigginsmum
    wigginsmum Posts: 4,150 Forumite
    Mead's wonderful - we have several varieties here. It's fermented honey - closer to sherry than wine. DH says the best mead is Moniack.
    The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.
  • Ticklemouse
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    I like drinking it with brandy or whiskey. We did have some a little while ago, but I don't think I got a look in - I'm sure the bottle's gone now :(
  • twink
    twink Posts: 3,826 Forumite
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    just gone to the fridge to get my bottle of mead out, had it years, from highland winerys inverness, tastes a bit like whisky now, its nice hot in the winter and honey is good for you
    it says on the bottle it was traditionally drunk during the month long celebrations following weddings hence the name honeymoon
    best seved chilled or after a meal
  • twink
    twink Posts: 3,826 Forumite
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    wigginsmum thats the one i have, moniak castle, highland winerys, we had a look round there on a day out
  • LizD_2
    LizD_2 Posts: 1,503 Forumite
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    I used to be in a Viking re-enactment group and mead was the drink of choice (and ale), which would explain the Lindisfarne connection, as Vikings settled there for a time.
  • ben500
    ben500 Posts: 23,192 Forumite
    Excellent for basting meat on the barbecue. Or mixing for marinades.
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  • wigginsmum
    wigginsmum Posts: 4,150 Forumite
    Yup mead was often the beverage of choice for Vikings, while cider is known on the Pagan scene as Druid Fluid.
    The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.
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