Goosberry [gooseberry] Vinegar

Title: Goosberry [gooseberry] Vinegar
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A method for making a vinegar by steeping fresh gooseberries with liquor and brown sugar.
Transcript: When the Goosberrys are very ripe crush them with the hand very well. to every Quart of Goosberrys put three Quarts of Water boyld scum'd and cold again stir them well together let it stand 24 hours then strain it first through a hair sieve and then through a flanel Bag and put to every Gallon of ths liquer 2 pd of brown sugar. stir it well and put it into a Vessel with Iron Hoops the Vessel must hold at least 2 Gallons more than the quantity you put in, stop it let it stand 6 weeks in the sun. then take it in, and in the Spring ing draw it into Bottles
Subject: See all items with this value berries (fruits); See all items with this value gooseberry; See all items with this value water; See all items with this value sugar; See all items with this value vinegar; See all items with this value boiling (cooking)
Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; Grimm, Stephanie; Salahuddin, Shafiya
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.