Cowslip Wine

Ingredients

• three pounds of white sugar
• a gallon of water
• two quarts of cowslip flowers
• the rind of a lemon
• the juice of the lemon

Method

1. 1

   Boil for half an hour three pounds of white sugar in a gallon of water, removing the scum as it rises.

2. 2

   Pour it into a pan to cool, adding the rind of a lemon.

3. 3

   When cold, add two quarts of cowslip flowers to the liquor, with the juice of the lemon; stir it every two hours for a couple of days; pour the strained liquor into a barrel; let it stand for a month, then bottle it off, placing a piece of lump sugar in each bottle.

4. 4

   If approved of, a little brandy may be added.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 228. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

three pounds of white sugar in a gallon of water, removing the scum as it rises. Pour it into a pan to cool, adding the rind of a lemon. 'When cold, add two quarts of cowslip flowers to the liquor, with the juice of the lemon

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