Recipe - Ginger Beer

6 ounce Bruised ginger
3 qt Water
5 pound Loaf sugar
One fourth pound Honey
Gill of lemon juice
17 qt Water
2 Drachms essence of lemon
(about 2 ts)
1 Whole egg

Put ginger and 3 quarts water into a very large kettle and boil for 30
minutes. Add sugar, honey, lemon juice and 17 quarts more water. Strain
through a cloth and when it is cold, add essence of lemon and egg. Let
stand for 34 days before bottling.

Many of the recipes in this collection did not contain amounts or oven
temperatures. I have typed them in as they appear in the book, typos and
all.

Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0934860556 Entered by
Carolyn Shaw 595 Submitted By LOOKER@RICHMOND.INFI.NET On 23 JUN 1995
071845 0500

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