Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Champagne Cup
Karen Sparkling wine makes an everyday event special so champagne is a wonderful drink to lift the spirts and make an occasion memorable. My dear paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, in…
Plant Fiber in the Diet: Soluble and Insoluble
We hear a lot about the virtues of eating foods such as fruits and vegetables that are high in fiber and know that there are two kinds of fiber, soluble…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Ginger Beer
My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, included two recipes for ginger beer in her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines. Traditionally ginger beer is made from the fermentation…
Old Time Recipes for Home made Wines: Scurvy-Grass Wine
My paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, included a recipe for wine made from scurvy grass in her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines . In times past scurvy-grass…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Cock Ale
When reading the book written by my paternal grandmother’s on home made wines I could hardly believe that she had this one. My grandmother had a wicked sense of humor…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Blackberry Wine
Taken from the pages of my grandmother’s book, Old time recipes for Home Made Wines, published in 1909, this blackberry wine recipe is one of four that my paternal Grandmother…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Noyau
According to Wikipedia noyau is a liqueur made from brandy flavored with fruit kernels. In my paternal grandmother’s book, “Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines, it is included in…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Madeira Wine
My husband and I have long been fans of Madeira wine. We have visited wineries in Funchal, Madeira, and tasted samples that are over 100 years old. We love the…
Old Time recipes for Home Made Wine: Apricot Wine
My grandmother’s book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines, written in 1909, contains recipes for making wine from all sorts of plant material from fruits and vegetables to herbs…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Elder Flower Wine
Elderberry wine is perhaps more famous but wine can be made from the flowers too. One advantage to using the flowers is that the wine can be made earlier in…