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Native Grape Wine

A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).

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A historical recipe

Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

United States

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. three pounds sugar

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.

Method

  1. Pick all the perfect grapes from the bunches, wash them and pack them down in a wooden or stone vessel.
  2. Pour over them boiling water--about one quart to every bushel of grapes.
  3. Tie a cloth over them and let them stand a week or ten days.
  4. Then strain it and add three pounds sugar to every gallon juice, mixing it well.
  5. Put in demijohns and tie a cloth over the top.
  6. Let it stand six months, and then cork it tightly.
  7. The wine will be fit for use in nine months.--Mrs.
  8. Dr.
  9. S.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.