 People at that time believed in such “balance”, that is to say, to stew dry ingredients like root vegetables and to roast wet food like suckling pig can achieve balance.Wine was regarded to be cold and dry, and so to this warm ingredients like sugar, ginger and cinnamon were added into wine, creating "hypocras".Since the 16th century, the word has been generally spelled "hippocras" or "hipocras" in English and "hypocras" in French.