Folio 1, Page 10, Verso
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Title
Folio 1, Page 10, Verso
Subject
Recipe for Mead and Cherry Brandy
Description
put to it half a pint of good
yeast- let it work 3 days-
- draw off into another vessel
- & stop it close for a month
when it may be bottled for use.
Cherry brandy
6 pounds lbs of black cherries & 6 lbs of red-
stone them and squeeze them into
3 Gallons of Brandy- let it stand
24 hours- strain this whole through
a canvas bag as long as any juice
will run- sweeten to your taste-
when fine bottle it for use-
yeast- let it work 3 days-
- draw off into another vessel
- & stop it close for a month
when it may be bottled for use.
Cherry brandy
6 pounds lbs of black cherries & 6 lbs of red-
stone them and squeeze them into
3 Gallons of Brandy- let it stand
24 hours- strain this whole through
a canvas bag as long as any juice
will run- sweeten to your taste-
when fine bottle it for use-
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Creator
Charlotte Starkie
Source
FIP9R
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1808
Rights
Site licence
Relation
F1P9R
Format
Handwritten text on a page of a paper document
Language
English
Type
Paper document
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Text
put to it half a pint of good yeast- let it work 3 days- draw off into another vessel- stop it close for a month when it may be bottled for use.
Cherry brandy 6 lbs of black cherries & 6 lbs of red- stone them and squeeze them into 3 Galls of Brandy- let it stand 24 hours- strain this whole thro a canvas bag as long as any juice will run- sweeten to your taste- when fine bottle it for use-
Original Format
Paper document
Files
Collection
Citation
Charlotte Starkie, “Folio 1, Page 10, Verso,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed October 21, 2026, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/15.
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