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and will be very good for present spending; but will not 

 keep long, unless they be used as in Preserving. Ibid. 



To MAKE FRONTINIAC WINE. Take six gallons of water 

 and twelve pounds of White Sugar, and six pounds of 

 Raisins of the Sun cut small ; boil these together an hour ; 

 then take of the Flowers of Elder, when they are falling 

 off and will shake off, the quantity of half a peck ; put them 

 in the liquor when 'tis almost cold, the next Day put in six 

 spoonfuls of Syrup of Lemons and four spoonfuls of Ale- 

 yeast, and two days after put in a Vessel that is fit for it, 

 and when it has stood two months, bottle it off. 

 E. Smith, The Compleat Housewife, 1736. 



To MAKE ENGLISH CHAMPAYNE OR THE FINE CURRANT 

 WINE. Take to three gallons of water nine pounds of 

 Lisbon Sugar ; boil the water and Sugar half an hour, scum 

 it clean, then have one gallon of Currants, pick'd but not 

 bruised, pour the liquor boiling hot over them and when 

 cold, work it with half a pint of balm two days ; then pour 

 it through a Flannel or Sieve, then put it into a barrel fit 

 for it with half an ounce of Isinglass well bruised ; when it 

 is done working, stop it close for a month, then bottle it, and 

 in every bottle put a small lump of double-refined Sugar. 

 This is excellent Wine and has a beautiful colour. Ibid. 



To MAKE SARAGOSSA WINE OR ENGLISH SACK. To every 

 quart of water, put a sprig of Rue and to every gallon a 

 handful of Fennel roots, boil these half an hour, then strain 

 it out and to every gallon of this Liquor, put three pounds 

 of Honey ; boil it two hours, and scum it well, and when it 

 is cold pour it off and turn it into a Vessel, or such Cask as 

 is fit for it ; keep it a year in the Vessel and then Bottle it. 

 'Tis a very good sack. Ibid. 



MOUNTAIN WINE. Pick out the big stalks of your Malaga 

 Raisins, then chop them very small, five gallons to every 

 gallon of Spring water, let them steep a Fortnight or more, 

 squeeze out the Liquor, and barrel it in the Vessel fit for it ; 



