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POSSET, TREACLE (another way)

Take half a pint of new milk, one wine-glassful of sherry or marsala, and one or two table-spoonfuls of treacle. Heat these ingredients together in a clean saucepan till the milk coagulates. This preparation-sometimes called treacle posset and sometimes molasses posset-is highly esteemed in some parts of the country as a domestic remedy for colds. It is taken before going to bed. Lemon-juice, strong old ale, or even vinegar, is sometimes substituted for wine, and powdered ginger or nutmeg added to taste.