Rhubarb Wine

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Rhubarb Wine

Recipe By : Essie Clark (Clark Farm)
Serving Size : 85 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : American Classics

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 pounds rhubarb
8 quarts boiling water
6 pounds sugar
2 packages seeded raisins
4 each lemon -- sliced
4 each orange -- sliced
2 each yeast cake

Cut rhubarb into small pieces. Pour boiling water over it in large crock.
Cover and let stand one week, stir well each day. At the end of the week,
strain and to the liquid add the white sugar, raisins, lemons, oranges and the
yeast cakes (crumbled in liquid). Let this stand until it stops working,
approximately four weeks. Maybe less time if it is warm weather. Strain
through several thickness of cheese cloth. Bottle, keep in cool place. "That
is it." Essie Clark, June 1968

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NOTES : 3 ounce servings!