Blackberry Vinegar (Blackberry Shrub)
From Carolina cookery from Quaker kitchens, 1924
Serve with crushed ice and dilute with water.
Presented as published in 1924. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Carolina cookery from Quaker kitchens (1924) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
BLACKBERRY VINEGAR (Blackberry Shrub) Take 3 qts. of blackberries (or raspberries or straw- berries) and put them in a stone jar and pour 1 pint of apple vinegar over them. Let this stand for two days in a cool place. Then pour out into strainer and drain juice on to 2 pts. of fresh berries, discarding old berries. Do not mash or crush berries. Allow berries and juice to stand 2 days more. Again strain, and drain juice on to 2 more qts. of fresh berries anl again let stand 2 days. Drain juice, and add to the juice an equal amount of sugar, i. e., 1 cup of sugar
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