Recipe - Cherry Booze

1 pound Big Perfect Bing Cherries
1 pound Sugar
1 Whole Fifth Gin; Or Vodka Or
Brandy, 90 Proof

1. Wash and stem the cherries very gently so as not to bruise them.

2. Dry on a towel.

3. Place them in a clean 2quart jar.

4. Pour the pound of sugar over the cherries. DO NOT STIR OR SHAKE.

5. Pour the liquor over the sugar and cherries. DO NOT STIR. Cover with
lid.

6. Put the jar on a high, safe shelf and let it stand three months.

7. Strain into 2 1quart bottles.

8. The cherry meat will be dissolved and the color is "gorgeous" and the
taste "divine" Trust Me!!

NOTES : Note: Instead of the cherries, you may substitute 1 pound of most
any fresh fruit, such as tangerines, oranges, peaches, apricots, plum, etc.
Use fruit unpeeled and follow the above recipe.
Recipe by: diane@keyway.net

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 196 by "Diane Geary"
diane@keyway.net on Nov 4, 1997