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Dandelion Wine
Herbal Recipe
Dandelion wine is suggestive of sherry slightly flat, and has the deserved reputation of being an excellent tonic, extremely good for the blood.
Ingredients:
4 quarts dandelion flowers
4 quarts boiling water
4 pounds sugar
1 lemon
2 oranges
Directions:
Pour boiling water over the flowers. Let stand 24 hours.
Then boil 20 minutes. Put in the rind of the lemon and orange in when boiling. Strain through colander. Add the pulp of the lemon and orange sliced in when it is lukewarm. Add a tablespoon of yeast and let stand a week.
Strain through a cheesecloth and put it up. Keep a month before using. If you put it in a jar, do not tighten the lid all at once. Sealing too soon will over-pressure the bottles.
Source: Dr. Lehman of Mountville, Pennsylvania
