Birch Wine
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine, 1886
Can be made with sugar instead of honey.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine (1886) by William Carew Hazlitt, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Birch Wine :■ — In March bore a hole in a tree, and put in a faucet, and it will run two or three days together without hurt- ing the tree ; then put in a pin to stop it, and the next year you may draw as much from the same hole; put to every gallon of the liquor a quart of good honey, and stir it well together, boil it an hour, scum it well, and put in a few cloves, and a piece of lemon- peel
Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.