Go ahead and make some mead — with Dingo
Last year, National Public Radio aired a story about the renewed interest in mead — the honey wine believed to be the first alcoholic beverage in history and “the preferred drink of Beowulf, Geoffrey Chaucer and the Vikings.” Most of us associate the drink with Renaissance festivals, the Society for Creative Anachronism and college-era debauches. (The first and last time I ever tasted mead was as a college student; it wasn’t my worst hangover, but it was most assuredly in my top 10).
On Saturday, February 4, a local painter and African drum maker, Mark “Dingo” Koch, will be teaching a class in how to make the honey wine. Offered through Communiversity, “Introduction to Mead Making” will be presented from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the kitchen of Kansas City Academy at 7933 Main. Koch (pronounced “Cook”) says he’s still accepting participants, who can contact him at dingomankc@yahoo.com before Saturday. The class fee is $24, and each participant is required to bring 3 pounds of honey to the class.
