| Description | Honey beverage was an obligatory drink of
the nobility. Monastery honey beverages were known as
the most famous. Many tzars sent their cooks to perfect
honey cooking skills to monasteries.
To improve the taste and colour, they could add fruit juices
or berries. Diluted with juice, honey didn't contain any
alcohol and was considered as the most splendid vitaminous
beverage. |  | | Method | Put honey in enamel pan, add water and boil stirring regularly
and taking froth off. Put well washed cherries without bones
in the bottle with a narrow neck and pour warm syrup over.
Cover bottle with a wet sheet and leave in a warm place for three
days to ferment. After that cork the neck with a sackcloth
up and put in the cellar. You can taste honey beverage three
months later, it will be as better as longer will be season.
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