A healing potion in The Iliad & The Odyssey, and a drink to commune with the Gods in secret Greek Mysteries, Kykeon has a fascinating history. But my questions is, how does it taste?

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KYKEON
ORIGINAL "RECIPE" (From The Odyssey)
"...and made for them a potion of cheese and barley meal and yellow honey with Pramnian wine."

MODERN RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 Cup (100g) Barley Meal
- 1 Cup or more (235ml+) Dry Red Wine
- 1/3 Cup (50g) Goat Cheese crumbled
- 2 Tablespoons Honey

METHOD
1. Add all of the ingredients to a small sauce pan and mix together.
2. Set pan over low heat and, stirring continuously bring to a simmer until thickened. (If the kykeon has thickened too much, stir in more wine until you achieve the desired consistency.
3. Remove the pot from the heat and pour into a glass and allow to cool a bit. Then serve. (The drink can congeal if allowed to sit too long. If that happens, reheat the drink.)

PHOTO CREDITS
Barley - By Sanjay Acharya - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Sanctuary of Demeter with fallen column - George E. Koronaios / CC BY-SA ([ Ссылка ])
Sanctuary of Demeter - Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany / CC BY-SA ([ Ссылка ])
Votive Plaque depicting elements of the Mysteries - Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany / CC BY-SA ([ Ссылка ])
Ergot - Stiller Beobachter from Ansbach, Germany / CC BY ([ Ссылка ])
Aeschylus - By Zde - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
Dionysus - © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
Bacchus - Wouter Engler / CC BY-SA ([ Ссылка ])
Ikaria - Rosa-Maria Rinkl / CC BY-SA ([ Ссылка ])
The Deipnosophistes - By Nikias Painter - Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), 2008-05-02, CC BY 2.5, [ Ссылка ]

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