Royal Strawberry Acid
From The Twin-city housewife, 1920
Serves 20
Blackberries or currants may be used similarly. Recipe by Miss Kate Hanes.
Presented as published in 1920. 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 The Twin-city housewife (1920) by N.C.) International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons. Whatsoever Circle (Winston-Salem, page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Royal Strawberry Acid Three pounds ripe strawberries, two ounces citric acid, one quart water. Dissolve the acid in the water and pour it over the berries and stand in a cool place for twenty-four hours. Drain off the juice and pour it over three pounds more of berries. Let stand twenty-four hours, drain it off and add its own weight of white sugar. Boil four or five minutes and when cool, bottle and cork lightly for three days, then cork tightly, seal up and keep in a cool place. When used in sum- mer put three tablespoons of the acid
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