Coltsfoot Wine

Ingredients

• sufficient of the coltsfoot flower to fill 4 quart measures
• 8 quarts of boiling water
• 1 lb. of sugar to each quart

Method

1. 1

   Gather coltsfoot flowers and dry them for 3-4 days.

2. 2

   Pour boiling water over the flowers, add sugar, and dissolve.

3. 3

   Put into stone bottles and let stand for 2-3 days, then in a warm place for 2-3 weeks.

4. 4

   Cork lightly, then tightly, and bottle in 6 months without disturbing sediment.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Choice cookery (1888) by H. M. Young, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COLTSFOOT WINE. Gather sufficient of the coltsfoot flower to fill 4 quart measures when dried three or four days in the sun; pour 122 over 8 quarts of boiling water, add lib. of sugar to each quart ; when dissolved, put into stone bottles, allow to stand two or three days, then in a warm place two or three weeks ; cork lightly, and afterwards knock in the corks quite tight ; bottle in small bottles in about six months, taking great care not to disturb the sediment. No. 211. BLACK, RED, or MIXED CURRANT WINE. 1 quart of water to each quart of I 1 lb. of sugar to each quart

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