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Elder Flower Beverage

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. Water
  2. 3 lbs. seeded raisins
  3. 9 lbs. sugar
  4. 2 yeast
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 1 qt.
  2. Elder flowers.
  3. 9 lbs.
  4. sugar.
  5. 3 gals, water.
  6. 3 lbs.
  7. seeded raisins.
  8. Pick flowers from stems, add sugar to water and boil, and pour over flowers.
  9. Dissolve 2 yeast cakes in luke warm water.
  10. Stir night and morning for 7 days, add raisins seeded and chopped, after which stir once a day for 10 days.
  11. Strain and bottle, being careful not to cork tightly until fermentation ceases.
  12. A tested and tried recipe many years old.
  13. Mrs.
  14. A.
  15. McD.
  16. Wilson, Pres.
  17. Gen.
  18. of Southern Confed.
  19. Mem, Assn.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve