Sugar Vinegar

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (3)
  1. Put nine pounds of brown sugar to every six gallons of water, boil it for a quarter of an hour, then put it into a tub lukewarm, put to it a pint of new barm, let it work for four or five days, stir it up three or four times a day, then tun it into a clean barrel iron-hooped, and set it full in the sun;
  2. if you make it in February it will be fit for use in August;
  3. you may use it for most sorts of pickles, except mushrooms and walnuts.
Original Text
To make SUGAR VINEGAR. PUT nine pounds of brown sugar to every six gallons of water, boil it for a quarter of an hour, then put it into a tub lukewarm, put to it a pint of new barm, let it work for four or five days, stir it up three or four times a day, then tun it into a clean barrel iron-hooped, and set it full in the sun; if you make it in February it will be fit for use in August; you may use it for most sorts of pickles, except mushrooms and walnuts.
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