To make white wine vinegere [vinegar]

Item

Title
To make white wine vinegere [vinegar]
Date
en 1694/1795
Description
A method for making vinegar by steeping malaga grapes in a vessel for 3 months.
Transcript
Rx a vesell of what Sise you please 13 or 14 galouns or more let it be verey sweet: fill it all most to the top, to every Galond of water put 3 pound of malegoe Raisens, cover the Bung hole of the vesell with a fine lining cloth- the thinest you have paist it close doune for feare aney thing get in, for the more aire the beter set it in the Sun from the begining of may till the begining of Augest then put in a Tap Draw it oute in to botels as much as you can get cleare & what remains in the Tub that is not cleare you may put half the Quanty of water & do on the cloth as before & let it stand 3- mounths longer then draw it out or ceep it in the vesell the first will be as good as aney white wine vinecere the Second verey good for Sauce is or aney use in the Kitching
Contributor
Caylor, Karmen
Le, Vincent
en Grimm, Stephanie
en Bakir, Mehtap
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.