I’m back with another
fascinating and over enthusiastic story everyone! Sadly for you all, I will not
be shit talking Sam for half of the post, so don’t get your hopes up. Instead I’m
going to be telling you about the drink of the pagan Vikings, mead.
I bet you didn’t know
the term ‘Honeymoon’ owed its origin to mead! It was a tradition in the ages of
the Vikings where for the first month (moon) of marriage a bride was given mead
to promote fertility. In other words, she was given mead so that the husband
would bound to have some action for the first month of marriage.
Mead is one of, if not
the oldest alcoholic drink known to mankind. It’s a form of wine made with
honey instead of grape juice (thank the gods). We usually associate mead with the Vikings and in the Pagan community
with modern day Norse Pagans or Asatrus. It’s alcoholic content can range from
about 8% to more than 20%. It can be
still, carbonated or naturally sparkling, and it may be dry, semi-sweet or
sweet.
To make mead you need
honey, and to make honey you need bees. Without the bees you have no mead!
There are a variety of mead flavours depending on the source of honey,
additives including fruit and spices, and the yeast employed during
fermentation and the aging process. Sounds bloody delicious. Honey is liquid
gold, so why not make an alcoholic drink out it?! If you’re a honey lover and
an alcoholic enthusiast you have got to try some mead, I’m definitely going to
try some if I ever get the chance. Maybe tomorrow night?
Okay, sooo…. In Sam’s
post on Arak, he said that someone with a damaged liver from excessive alcohol
consumption is a like a fat chef, I will have to agree. I’m saying this because
I haven’t tried mead before. But you know, after having done my ‘research’ on
mead I have come to the conclusion I must try it. Yes. You heard me. I haven’t
tried Mead, yet I’m talking about it. Well screw you guy!/girl. I don’t take
shit from no man!/woman.
So go out there my fellow
enthusiasts of the alcoholic kind and try some mead if you haven’t already. If
you’re lucky you might find a love interest likes mead as much as you might ;)
They do say Honey lovers stick together ;)
~~~ Viet
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