Posset pot, English, c 1700.
Image number: 10284424
Posset was an easily digested, nourishing drink or soup based on hot milk curdled with ales, beers or sack (sweet sherry), and flavoured with herbs and spices, such as ginger and cinnamon. It was used as a remedy for colds and other minor ailments.
- Image number:
- 10284424
- Credit:
- Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
- Date taken:
- 20 October 2003 12:34
- Image rights:
- Science Museum
