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To make Cherry Wine

Ingredients

• 8 pounds of cherries
• 4 quarts of water
• 2 pounds of sugar

Instructions

Take the cherries and stone them, the water, and the sugar, skim and boil the water and sugar, then put in the cherries, let them have one boil, put them into an earthen pot till the next day, and set them to drain thro' a sieve, then put your wine into a spigot pot, clay it up close, and look at it every two or three days after; if it does not work, throw into it a handful of fresh cherries, so let it stand six or eight days, then if it be clear, bottle it up.

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Source

English Housewifry (1764).