A home-made drink of caramelised sugar, boiling water, lemon zest and slices, lager and yeast, left overnight, strained and bottled. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 757.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 757 (falt i det fri)
"Mjød" here means a light home-made soft drink with lemon and beer, not honey mead. It is among the drink recipes in the book.
Brown the sugar
Brown 200 g of the sugar in a frying pan.
Pour into a vessel
Pour the browned sugar into a vessel together with the boiling water, the lemon zest (not the white) and thin lemon slices.
Add beer and yeast
Let the mixture cool. Add the beer and the yeast, a piece the size of a walnut. Cover the vessel and leave overnight.
Strain and bottle
Strain the drink and pour it into bottles. Cork them. Serve cold.
Note
Note: the drink can keep fermenting in the bottles and build pressure. Use pressure-safe bottles, keep them cold and open with care.
Litres and bottles are as in the book. The book does not say where the remaining 800 g of sugar goes; the amount is given as 1 kg in total.
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