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Title
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Mock Madeira
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Date
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en
1694/1795
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Description
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A process for making a mock version of madeira using Malaga grapes, brown sugar, and ale, fermented in casks with brandy, sugar candy, and isinglass.
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Transcript
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To 14 Gallons of Water add 42 lb brown Sugar boil it 20 minutes, when nearly cold put 8 lb of Malaga Raisins picked & chop'd - when quite cold add 2 Gallons of very strong Ale, when it is fit for [Turning], let it stand three days stirring it every day then put it into the Cask with a pint of brandy one lb of brown Sugar 1/4 lb of Sugar Candy & 1/4 lb Isinglass - if a large quantity it should stand a year in the Cask, but that must depend upon the Cellar
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Contributor
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Cheston, Jarissa
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Le, Vincent
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Grimm, Stephanie
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Bakir, Mehtap
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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.
