To Make Cowslip Wine

Ingredients

• 2 gallons of water
• 2^ pounds of powdered sugar
• rinds of 2 lemons
• 4 quarts of cowslip flowers
• juice of 2 lemons

Method

1. 1

   To 2 gallons of water, add 2.5 pounds of powdered sugar and boil for half an hour, skimming off the scum as it rises.

2. 2

   Pour into a tub to cool with the rinds of 2 lemons.

3. 3

   When cold, add 4 quarts of cowslip flowers and the juice of 2 lemons.

4. 4

   Let it stand in the tub for two days, stirring every 2 or 3 hours.

5. 5

   Then put it in a barrel and let it stand for 3 weeks or a month.

6. 6

   Bottle it and put a lump of sugar into every bottle.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Aunts' Cook Book (1922) by [name missing], page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Make Cowslip Wine To 2 gallons of water add 2)^ pounds of powdered sugar, boil them ^ hour, and take oiF the scum as it rises, then pour it into a tub to cool, with the rinds of 2 lemons. When it is cold add 4 quarts of cowslip flowers to the liquor, with the juice of 2 lemons

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