Folio 1, Page 14a, Verso
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Title
Folio 1, Page 14a, Verso
Subject
Untitled recipe for currant wine
Description
Crush and strain your Currants through a Coarse Cloth and to
every- ┌2 Quarts ┐Gallon Gallon of Water put 2 Quarts of Currant Juice, and to every Gallon
of Liquor put [┌21/2 ┐]3 pound of good Brown Sugar, as
soon as the Sugar is melted and well mixe'd in the Liquor.
Tun it into your Barrell and stir it well twice a Day for 10 or 12
Days or till it has done working- then close it, and when it has
stood 4 or 5 Months draw it off and put it thro'ugh a Jelly Bag.
then wipe out the Cask and put the Wine in again and to every
Gallon of Wine put a 1/4 pound lb of Loaf Sugar and to every 6 Gallons
of Wine 3 drams of Isinglass- Close it well up and in 8 weeks it is-
ready to Bottle
A Quart of Razberries to every Gallon of Wine mixe’d with-
the Currants is a very great addition-
every- ┌2 Quarts ┐Gallon Gallon of Water put 2 Quarts of Currant Juice, and to every Gallon
of Liquor put [┌21/2 ┐]3 pound of good Brown Sugar, as
soon as the Sugar is melted and well mixe'd in the Liquor.
Tun it into your Barrell and stir it well twice a Day for 10 or 12
Days or till it has done working- then close it, and when it has
stood 4 or 5 Months draw it off and put it thro'ugh a Jelly Bag.
then wipe out the Cask and put the Wine in again and to every
Gallon of Wine put a 1/4 pound lb of Loaf Sugar and to every 6 Gallons
of Wine 3 drams of Isinglass- Close it well up and in 8 weeks it is-
ready to Bottle
A Quart of Razberries to every Gallon of Wine mixe’d with-
the Currants is a very great addition-
Raised (superscript) letters are lowered, contractions are expanded, and added letters italicised retaining the apostrophe. Deleted text is shown as[ ].
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1896
Contributor
Charlotte Starkie wrote the changes
Rights
Site licence
Format
Hand written page pinned to a page of a paper document
Language
English
Type
Paper document
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Text
Crush and strain your Currants through a Coarse Cloth and to every Ʌ 2 Q[uar]ts Gallon of Water put 2 Quarts of Currant Juice, and to –
every Gallon of Liquor put Ʌ 2 1/23 pound of good Brown Sugar, as soon as the Sugar is melted and well mix’d in the Liquor. Tun it into your Barrell and stir it well twice a Day for 10 or 12 Days or till it has done working- then close it, and when it has stood 4 or 5 Months draw it off and put it through a Jelly Bag. then wipe out the Cask and put the Wine in again and to every Gallon of Wine put a 1/4lb of Loaf Sugar and to every 6 Gallons of wine 3d of Isinglass- Close it well up and in 8 weeks it is- ready to Bottle
A Quart of Razberries to every Gallon of Wine mix’d with the Currants is a very great addition-
every Gallon of Liquor put Ʌ
A Quart of Razberries to every Gallon of Wine mix’d with the Currants is a very great addition-
Charlotte seems to have tried this receipt out, and added her own emphasis to the word "Gallon" by underlining it, in a somewhat shaky hand it must be said. Currants were popular in the Starkie household.
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Unknown, “Folio 1, Page 14a, Verso,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed October 21, 2026, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/25.
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