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Cowslip Wine

[of sev] juices of seven lemons
stir it well twice a day for 3
days- stop it up for [2]3 weeks, then bottle it off-
Another country housewife
To 6 Gallons of water 12: pounds lbs of Sugar.
The juices of 6 lemons & the whites
of 4 eggs well beaten-
put them into a kettle, let them for
half an hour skimming it well.
[a]{....}┌Take ┐a peck of fresh cowslips, or
half of dry put them in a tub with thin peeling of [one]
lemons- pour on the boiling liquor
& stir them about when almost
cold put in a thin toast baked dry
& rubbed with yeast. Let it stand
2 or 3 days to work. It will be
a great improvement to put in a quart
of Rhenish wine with 6 oz

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Charlotte Starkie

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A Country Housewife

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of sev & juices of seven lemons & stir it well twice a day for 3 days-stop it up for 23 weeks, then bottle it off.

Another country housewife
To 6 Galls of water 12: lbs of Sugar. The juices of 6 lemons & the whites of 4 eggs well beaten- put them into a kettle, let them boil half an hour skimming it well. Take a peck of fresh cowslips, or half of dry put them in a tub with thin peeling of one  lemons pour on the boiling liquor & stir them about when almost cold put in a thin toast bak[e]'d dry & rubbed with yeast. Let it stand 2 or 3 days to work. It will be a great improvement to put in a quart of Rhenish wine with 6 oz

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