To Make Cherry Brandy
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To Make Cherry Brandy
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To Make Cherry Brandy
Rx Cherries (pull of the stalks( put them into a sto[text loss] pot, to every lare of Cherries put a lare of suger & so do till your pot be full, then put as much Brandy in as wi[text loss] 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[text loss] 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.
Rx Cherries (pull of the stalks( put them into a sto[text loss] pot, to every lare of Cherries put a lare of suger & so do till your pot be full, then put as much Brandy in as wi[text loss] 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[text loss] 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
Abu-Bader, Nagham
Le, Vincent
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.