Experience Shakespeare: Traditional Apple Wassail
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One of the main themes in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is the idea of wassailing. Feste declares his love of singing, and breaks into song no less than 5 times throughout the play. In history, wassail was not only the act of singing at Christmas, but was accompanied the drinking of a popular English cider known as Wassail. In this episode, I show you how to make traditional English apple wassail in your own home by inviting you to come along as my son and I make the beverage in our home.
I hope this recipe helps you enjoy your own celebration of Twelfth Night, and that you learn something new about Shakespeare.
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