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^omt

jna^lre

WLimn

abled

to

judge

of

its

clearness.

If

it is

not

clear

the

first

time,

repeat

the

filtering.

Then

bottle

for

use.

TO

MAKE

ORANGE

WINE

Put

twelve

pounds

of

fine

sugar

and

the

whites

of

eight

eggs

well

beaten

into

six

gallons

of

spring

water;

let

it

boil

an

hour,

skimming

it

all

the

time.

Take

it

off

and

when

it

is

pretty

cool,

put

in

the

juice

and

rind

of

fifty

Seville

oranges,

and

six

spoon-

fuls

of

good

ale

yeast,

and

let

it

stand

two

days.

Then

put

it

into

your

vessel,

with

two

quarts

of

Rhenish

wine,

and

the

juice

of twelve

lemons.

You

must

let

the

juice

of

lemons

and

wine

and

two

pounds

of

double

refined

sugar

stand

close

covered

ten

or

twelve

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

ten

or

twelve

days

before

it

is

fit

to

bottle.

ORANGE,

OR

LEMON

WINE,

BOILED

Take

five

gallons

of

water,

fourteen

pounds

of

loaf

sugar,

three

eggs,

the

whites

and

shells,

one

ounce

of

hops.

Boil

together

the

sugar,

water,

and

eggs;

when

it

has

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