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Title
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To Make Cherry Brandy
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Date
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1694/1795
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Description
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This recipe describes how to create a cherry brandy by fermenting cherries in brandy with lemon and saffron. The recipe notes it may help with colic or other stomach issues, including use for children.
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Transcript
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Rx Cherries ( pull of the stalks ( put them into a ston[e] pot, to every lare of Cherries put a lare [layer] of suger & so do till your pot be full, then put as much Brandy in as wi[ll] cover your Cherries, and to a Gallon of Cherries, Bra[text loss] put 4 leamons sliced pill & all with a littell Saffera[text loss] lett all these stand 6 weeks, then pour of the Clear in[to] Bottels which you may keep it all the year it is good for Collicks or any sickness at the stomack then you may put brandy to the Cherries a gane which you need- not Bottell, but lett. it. stand till it be drunk which is good for the same use, you may take the Cherries ( bruse them in a morter with the stones ( still them the watter is good for Children. that are sick thus you may dow with Rasberies which is more pleasant.
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Contributor
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Abu-Bader, Nagham
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Le, Vincent
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Salahuddin, Shafiya
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Grimm, Stephanie
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Source
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Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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Publisher
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George Mason University Libraries
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Rights
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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
