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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
until it is almost cold, that is, until it is reduced to a temperature of eighty-five degrees. Cut a thick round of bread from a half-quai'tern loaf, toast it, and moisten it with fresh yeast (two table-spoonfuls will be sufficient for six gallons of wine) ; put this into the liquid, cover the vessel which contains it with a flannel, and stir it every day until the fennentatioa sub- sides. The vessel should be kept in a room or cellar where from fifty to fifty-live degrees may be kept up, and the yeast should be skimmed off as it forms. In ten days or a fortnight the wine may be turned into the cask. If a sweet wine is wanted the barrel should be filled to the bung, and left for a few days ; then as it overflows it should be filled up with a small quantity of the Hquid which has been preserved for the purpose. When it is quiet, the hole may be covered with a piece of brown paper, and if that remains unmoved for a week the cask may be loosely bunged down, and in a day or two, when the "fretting" is quite over, made tight. This -wine may be racked ott' in six months, but should not be bottled for at least a )ear. When a dry wine is wanted, leave the hquid in the open vessel until all the beer yeast has risen and been slrimmed off, then put it into the cask, and leave an inch or two of space in the barrel ; frequently stir in the yeasty froth, and to prevent the Hquor escaping cover it with a slate. Skim the liquor thoroughly before securing it, and be careful not to fill up the cask until the wine is quite tranquil. Time to fennent the liquid, ten or fourteen days, until the feimentation subsides. Probable cost, Is. lOd. per gallon. Parsnip Wine, A Simple Way of Making. — Take eighteen pounds of parsnips, and ten gallons of water. Boil the parsnips in the water till they are quite soft, then strain and squeeze out the liquor, and to every gallon add three pounds of lump sugar. Boil for three-quarters of an hour, and when cool, ferment with a Uttle yeast on a toast. Let the liquid stand ten days in a tub, stining every day. At the end of that time put it into a cask. The pai-snip wine will be fit for bottling in six or seven months. Parsnips, Boiled. — Wash and scrape the parsnips, and carefully remove any blemishes there may be about them. Cut them into quartei's, and throw them into a saucepan of boiling water, slightly saltedBoiled Parsnips. Let them boil quickly, until they arc sufficiently tender for a fork or skewer to pierce them easily, then take them up, drain them, and send them to table as quickly as possible. The water in which parsnips are boiled should be carefully skimmed two or three times after the roots are put in. Time, from half an hour to an hour and a half, according to the age and size of the parsnips. Probable cost, l|d. each. Sufficient, one large parsnip for two persons. Parsnips, Boiled, Cold.— Cold parsnips are very good eaten cold with cold meat. To wann them up, ]iut them into an earthen jar, cover closely, and pkce the jar in a saucepan of boiling water, which must be kept boiling for about twenty minutes; the parsnips may PAR (507) FAB then be served, and will be almost as good as when first dressed. Parsnips Browned under Roast Cold Parsnips