England's forgotten favourite drink
https://daily.jstor.org/englands-forgotten-favorite-drink/
It's perry. Made from pears. How could anybody forget about something like that?
@shatteredgears @mirabilis Among the leaves so green.
@mirabilis Minor plot point in _Murder Must Advertise_, too.
@mirabilis I’ve wanted to try that for years.
Also Pimms
@mirabilis We also lost the Wassail tradition, where you went door-to-door and people would fill your cup with alcoholic punch.
How the *hell* did we let *that* die out?