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Blackberry Wine

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 16

Ready for use in three weeks.

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 322. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Blackberry Wine. — To one gallon of ripe blackberries add one gallon of boiling water ; let it remain twenty- four hours ; then strain without pressure, and to every gallon of juice add two and a-half pounds of loaf-sugar. Put in a demijohn, with a thin muslin cloth tied over the mouth ; let it stand in a cool place for two months, then strain through flannel ; add one ounce of sugar

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