This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...stand until milk warm, then toast a piece of bread, and put a table-spoonful of yeast; let it stand twelve hours, then add the whites of two eggs thoroughly beaten, bottle it, and in three days it is fit for use. 58 RASPBERRY VINEGAR. CHERRY BRANDY. Stone seven pounds of Morello cherries and put the meat into a bottle ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...stand until milk warm, then toast a piece of bread, and put a table-spoonful of yeast; let it stand twelve hours, then add the whites of two eggs thoroughly beaten, bottle it, and in three days it is fit for use. 58 RASPBERRY VINEGAR. CHERRY BRANDY. Stone seven pounds of Morello cherries and put the meat into a bottle with nearly one gallon of brandy, cork it down close and let it remain for six weeks; then bruise the stones and put them into another bottle with the remainder of the brandy, cork them down close and let them remain the same time; then mix the two together and bottle them for use. RASPBERRY BRANDY. Pick fine dry fruit, put it into a stone jar, and the jar into a saucepau of boiling water, till the juice will run, strain it, and to every pint add half a pound of sugar; give one boil and skim it; when old, put equal quantities of juice and brandy, shake well, and bottle it for use. RASPBERRY VINEGAR Put a pound of fine fruit into a bowl, and pour upon it a quart of the best white wine vinegar, next day strain the liquor on a pound of fresh raspberries; the following day do the same, but do not squeeze the fruit, only drain the liquor as dry as you can..: BOILING ANB CHOOSING SUGARS. Great attention must be paid to this art, as boiling the sugar longer than is required gives quite a different effect as to hardness, &c., up to the last degree, at which stage of the process you must be particularly careful or all your labour and materials will be spoiled. Before commencing it is necessary to obtain the most suitable sugar; in selecting loaf, choose the hardest, whitest, and closest grain; the Jamaica is the best moist sugar, which is known by its bright and sparkling appearance. Then proceed to clear and boil to the degree required for the art...
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Add this copy of The Frugal Cook to cart. $42.69, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
