Folio 1, Page 7, Recto

Folio 1, Page 7, Recto

Recipe for Currant Wine, Strawberry Wine and Sage Wine

another vessel & put to it a little yeast when it must stand 3
days to work, when the fermentation
is over, let it he drawn into a
clean vessel then stand close covere’d
3 weeks- then bottle it up, put
into each bottle a little sugar-

Strawberry Wine
Bruise 1 Gallon ┌or what quantity you please┐of Stawberries
very much, put them in a bag, &
press the juice into a vessel,
put to it a toast rubbe‘d on both sides
with yeast- let it ferment 3 days
- then drain off the liquor, put it into bottles
& cork it well-

Sage Wine
Shred a bushel of red sage very small
& having boile’d 6 gallons of water
a quarter of an hour take it off
the fire, and let it stand till it is

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another vessel when it must stand 3 days to work, when the fermentation is over, let it he drawn into a clean vessel then stand close cover’d 3 weeks- then bottle it up, put into each bottle a little sugar-

Strawberry WineBruise 1 Gall _Ʌ^{or what quantity you please}of Stawberries very much, put them in a bag, & press the juice into a vessel, put to it a toast rubb‘d on both sides with yeast- let it ferment 3 days- then drain off the liquor, put it into bottles & cork it well-

Sage WineShred a bushel of red sage very small & having boil’d 6 galls of water a quarter of an hour take it off the fire, and let it stand till it is

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