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Performers are shown during a sword fight at Medieval Times' in Lyndhurst. An assemblywoman has introduced a bill to create a license to make mead, a wine made from honey that was popular during the medieval period

(John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger)

TRENTON — State Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt wants to go medieval on New Jersey.

But not in the Pulp Fiction inflict-violence-on-someone kind of way.

Lampitt (D-Camden) last week introduced a bill (A3740) that would create a new license for meaderies — wineries that produce mead, which is made from honey.

Cideries — or cider factories — would also be included in the bill.

Mead and cider were both popular drinks in medieval times. (The era, not the place off Route 3 in Lyndhurst).

Lampitt said the bill wasn't simply about grog of yore.

“It’s about progress. It’s about creating manufacturing jobs,” she said, adding that mead can currently be produced under the state's distillery law, bu that t the bill would allow it on a smaller scale.

The Auditor has learned that Lampitt currently has no plans to introduce a bill to rename the Quarter Pounder with Cheese a Royale with Cheese.

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