A warm drink made from wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices, traditionally served to sick people or in winter.
From Old French 'chaudel' meaning 'warm' (from Latin 'calidus'), referring to the warm beverage. Medieval households served caudle as a comfort drink, especially to the ill and during cold months.
Caudle was the comfort drink of medieval and Tudor England—think of it as the ancient version of hot toddies—and mothers served it to sick children and postpartum women because people believed the eggs and warmth would restore strength.
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