1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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put the mixture into a vessel to be corked close. Vent must be given from time to time to the gas of fermentation. In the course of a month this will produce very good vinegar.

No. 145. Another Vinegar.

No. 3.

Put into a barrel of sufficient dimensions a mix- ture composed of 41 pints of water, and about 4 quarts of whiskey, and 1 quart of yeast, and 2 pounds of charcoal, and place it in a proper situa- tion for fermentation. At the end of 4 months a ver}^ good vinegar will be formed, as clear and as white as water.

No. 146. Common Vinegar.

This is made from weak liquor brewed for the pur- : its various strength is, in England, denoted

pose

by numbers, from 18 to 24.

No. 147. Another Vinegar.

No. 4. To every gallon of water put 1 pound of bugar ; let the mixture be boiled and skimmed as long- as any scum arises. Then let it be poured into proper vessels ; and when it is as cool as beer when w^orked, let a toast rubbed over with yeast be put to it. Let it work about 24 hours, and then put it into an iron-hooped cask, fixed either near a constant fire or where the summer sun shines the greater part of the day ; in this situation it should be closely stopped