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GIGGLE WATER

refined sugar stand close covered lo or 12 hours before

you put it in the vessel to your orange wine, and skim

off the seeds before you put it in. The lemon peels must

be put in with the oranges; half the rinds must be put

into the vessel. It must stand 10 or 12 days before it is fit

to bottle.

233. TO MAKE PALERMO WINE

Take to every quart of water i pound of Malaga

raisins, rub and cut the raisins small, and put them to the

water, and let them stand 10 days, stirring once or twice

a day. You may boil the water an hour before you put

it to the raisins, and let it stand to cool. At ten days' end

strain out your liquor, and put a little yeast to it; and at

three days' end put it in the vessel, with one sprig of dried

wormwood. Let it be close stopped, and at 3 months' end

bottle it off.

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234. TO MAKE PEACH WINE

Take 3 gallons cold soft water, 4% pounds refined

sugar, I pound honey, ^ ounce white tartar in fine pow

der, 10 or 14 peaches. Ferment; then add six quarts of

brandy. The first division is to be put into a vat, and the

day after, before the peaches are put in, take the stones

from them, break these and the kernels, then put them and

the pulp into a vat and proceed with the general process.