Alfred the Great of Blessed Memory: Memorials Concerning England Long Anterior to the Reign of King Alfred to His Epoch Dug Out of Long Forgotten Lore (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Alfred the Great of Blessed Memory: Memorials Concerning England Long Anterior to the Reign of King Alfred to His Epoch Dug Out of Long Forgotten Lore

At the banquets their diet was rude, consisting of venison, dry sausages, onions, wild apples, curds, cream, and salt butter. At the royal banquets, besides their common drink, they had rich wine, or liquors made of honey and mulberry-juice mixed with spices. These meetings generally terminated in riotous, excessive drinking, not ...