grumel

Updated: June 23, 2025

Also, against the colic, which was ravishing the country, the cook prepared a metheglin as Lady Stuart mixed it "nettles, fennel and grumel seeds, of each two ounces being small-cut and mixed with honey and boiled together." It is on record that the Lady Digby smiled for the first time since her lord had died, and when the grinning cook bore in the platter, she beat upon the table with her spoon.

Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks - There's Pippins and Cheese to Come