Vinegar Plant

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909
Source
The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
Time
Total: 2520 min
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (8)
  1. Boil treacle and brown sugar in water and let it stand till cold in the basin.
  2. Place the vinegar plant upon the liquor.
  3. In six weeks the vinegar will be ready to be bottled; well cork it.
  4. Put a piece of horse-radish into the bottle to remain a fortnight.
  5. At the end of that time, take the horse-radish out, and the vinegar will be strong and fit for use.
  6. Remove the baby fungus from the plant and put it into a basin of its own.
  7. Treat that in same way.
  8. The old plant also does again.
Original Text
Vinegar Plant. Take ¼ lb. of treacle and the same of brown sugar and boil them in 3 pts. of water and let it stand till cold in the basin, then place the vinegar plant upon the liquor. In six weeks the vinegar will be ready to be bottled; well cork it. Put a piece of horse-radish into the bottle to remain a fortnight. At the end of that time, take the horse-radish out, and the vinegar will be strong and fit for use. The plant will have a baby fungus on it, remove this and put it into a basin of its own. Treat that in same way. The old plant also does again.
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