Oatmeal Posset

Flour of oatmeal, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar, milk, sack, die. Take a mutchkin (pint) of milk, boil it with nutmeg and cinnamon, and put in two spoonfuls of flour of oatmeal, and boil it till the rawness is off the oatmeal; then take three spoonfuls of sack and three spoonfuls of ale and two spoonfuls of sugar; set it over the fire till it is scalding hot, then put them to the milk, give it one stir, and let it stand on the fire. for a minute or two, and pour it in your bowl; cover it and let it stand a little, then send it up.

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