Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Turnip Wine
Karen Meyers Native to western Asia and Europe, white turnip (Brassaca rapa subsp. rapa) is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes cabbage, broccoli, and stock. It is grown…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Parsnip Wine No. 2
Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a member of the celery family, Apiaceae, that also includes parsley, carrots and poison hemlock. It is native to Eurasia and has been grown as a…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: London Sherry Wine
Sherry wine is a fortified wine made from white grapes that originated in the Cadiz area of southern Spain when the Phoenicians introduced the first vines to Jerez in Andalusia,…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Schiedam Schnapps
Wikipedia tell us that schnapps is “a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions and ‘flavored liqueurs’ made by adding fruit…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Sage Wine 2
Karen Archaeological evidence indicates that herbal wines were used medicinally since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians. We also know that the ancient people associated sage with longevity and…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Rose Wine
This post is about wine made from roses NOT wine made from grapes. The latter, spelled rosé, is a common, popular light drink especially appreciated in the summer and a…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Orange or Lemon Wine Without Boiling
Although the wine we know today as orange wine has no orange in it, my paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, included 4 recipes for wine using oranges in her book,…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Red Gooseberry Wine
In her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines (published in 1909), my paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, included 8 recipes for gooseberry wine. Although Grandmother did not specify…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Gooseberry Wine 2
Although my paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, author of the book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine (published in 1909), includes 8 recipes using gooseberries, she does not specify…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Western Cider
The dictionary tells us that cider is a fermented or unfermented drink made from fruit, usually apples. My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, devoted considerable space to various aspects of…