Gooseberry Vinegar [365]

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
For the vinegar
Instructions (11)
  1. Bruise the gooseberries and put them into a vessel, pouring the cold water upon them.
  2. Set the vessel in a hot place until the gooseberries rise to the top, which will take about a fortnight.
  3. Draw off the liquor.
  4. Remove the gooseberries from the vessel.
  5. Measure the liquor back into the vessel.
  6. To every gallon of liquor, add one pound of coarse sugar.
  7. The mixture will ferment again.
  8. When fermentation has finished, stop the vessel down close.
  9. Set the vessel near the fire or in the sun.
  10. The vinegar will be ready for use in about six months.
  11. If the vessel is not full, it will be ready sooner.
Original Text
Gooseberry Vinegar. To every gallon of water take six pounds of full ripe gooseberries; bruise them, and put them into a vessel, pouring the water cold upon them. Set the vessel in a hot place till the gooseberries come to the top, which they will do in about a fortnight; then draw off the liquor, and, when you have taken the gooseberries out of the vessel, measure the liquor into it again, and to every gallon put a pound of coarse sugar. It will work again, and, when it has done working, stop it down close, set it near the fire or in the sun: it will be fit for use in about six months. If the vessel is not full, it will be ready sooner. [365]
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