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Western Cider

A historical recipe from Old-time recipes for home made wines, cordials and liqueurs from fruits, flowers, vegetables, and shrubs, by Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders) (1909).

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A historical recipe

Old-time recipes for home made wines, cordials and liqueurs from fruits, flowers, vegetables, and shrubs, by Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders) (1909). Project Gutenberg eBook #75708.

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

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. one pound of sugar
  2. one-half ounce of tartaric acid
  3. two tablespoonfuls of good yeast
  4. one quart of warm water
  5. a gallon jug

Method

  1. To one pound of sugar, add one-half ounce of tartaric acid, two tablespoonfuls of good yeast.
  2. Dissolve the sugar in one quart of warm water;
  3. put all in a gallon jug, shake it well, fill the jug with pure cold water, let it stand uncorked twelve hours, and it is fit for use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Measuring jug
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Old-time recipes for home made wines, cordials and liqueurs from fruits, flowers, vegetables, and shrubs, by Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders) (1909). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #75708 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75708). 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.