95. Dry Plum Beverage

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Status
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (3)
  1. Put a quart of water in a saucepan upon the fire, and, when boiling, throw in twelve fresh dry French plums, and let them boil twenty minutes, then pour them in a basin with the liquor to cool.
  2. When cold, take out the plums, which put into a basin; add two tablespoonfuls of brown sugar and a very small quantity of port wine.
  3. They are excellent to eat, and the liquor to drink.
Original Text
95. Dry Plum Beverage.—Put a quart of water in a saucepan upon the fire, and, when boiling, throw in twelve fresh dry French plums, and let them boil twenty minutes, then pour them in a basin with the liquor to cool; when cold, take out the plums, which put into a basin; add two tablespoonfuls of brown sugar and a very small quantity of port wine. They are excellent to eat, and the liquor to drink.
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