PKD Recipes

Raw Vegan Cherry Almond Cookies

Ingredients
1½ C. almonds soaked
½ C. walnuts soaked
1½ C. pitted dates
½ tsp almond non alcoholic extract
½ cup dried cherries

Preparation
Grind ½ cup almonds into a powder in a food processor; set aside. Place the remaining 1 cup almonds and walnuts in the food processor and process until coarsely chopped. Add the dates and almond extract and process until the mixture sticks together. Remove the mixture to a mixing bowl. Add the dried cherries and mix. Form the dough into 2-inch round balls and flatten each ball slightly with the palm of your hand. Roll each cookie in the almond powder that you set aside. Add a cherry to the top of each cookie. Store refrigerated or frozen in a sealed container.

Wassail

Ingredients
2 apples seeded, cored and quartered
2 Tbsp tupelo honey
¼ orange peel with pith
1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cloves
2 C warm water
Preparation
Put all in a high speed blender (Blendtec), enjoy this hot. This makes quite a bit. Cut it in half and it serves two with a wee bit leftover for seconds.

The origin of wassail.
In the year 800, England was invaded by Danish Vikings who, for a brief period, took over all of England. Eventually they were pushed all the way back up into the northernmost portion of England, a place called The Danelaw because up there the Danes had autonomy and made their own laws and spoke Danish. The Danegeld was a tax collected from all the English citizens, and this money was paid to the Danes in exchange for them not invading England further. The Danelaw consisted of three counties: County Durham, Westmoreland, and Northumberland.

These Danish Vikings had a favorite wintertime drink consisting of mulled hot apple cider, and when they drank a cupful, they gave a salute,
“was heil! ( or to your health!).”
Over the centuries this drink became popular throughout England. Eventually the term
Ves Heil! changed to Was Hail! (to which someone replied Drink Hail!). And the drink became known as wassail.