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1 gallon dandelion blossoms 3 lb. sugar 2 lemons 2 oranges 1/2 oz. yeast A little ginger root, if you want Pour 1 gallon boiling water over flowers. Cover. Leave for 3 days. Stir every day. Then strain into a pan, add lemons and oranges and ginger root. Boil this gently 1/2 hour. Cool. Then add yeast and leave to ferment for 3 days. Then cork lightly. Leave for 2 months, then bottle. NOTE: Recipe says to spread yeast on toast. I don't know how Grandma did, I asked Crist Sara and wrote Katie. They didn't seem to know. But maybe in those days they had yeast in small blocks and this was the way they dissolved it. Recipe also mentions putting wine in "cask." Katie mentioned she doesn't know what a "cask" is. And I don't either. Many of us have made wine. I am sure we can adapt this recipe to our own ways. NOTE FROM RAY KATIE: I remember being by Grandma and Grandpa for a couple of days in the summer and picking dandelions to make this wine. | |
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Gerry says:
I thought I would clarify the question about what a cask is. I make my own homemade wine using plastic bottles called carboys. They also make glass versions which are much heavier. These are vertically oriented.
A wine CASK is simply a wooden wine barrel typically laid on its long side, NOT standing upright. It is typically seen in old wine shops or taverns, as a decoration but some are still used in wine making. Wooden casks are usually sealed with a cork on top known as a BUNG and the hole of course is a bung hole. there is usually a spigot or tap in the front of the barrel which acts like a faucet to allow wine to be drawn from barrel.
Its hard to keep clean and cannot be allowed to dry out completely or the barrel can be ruined. Wood also imparts its own flavor to wine from chemicals naturally in the wood.
Wines that taste like oak get that way from oak barrel aging. ie Chardonnay, or Chablis, and many red wines as well.
Hope this helps.
A wine CASK is simply a wooden wine barrel typically laid on its long side, NOT standing upright. It is typically seen in old wine shops or taverns, as a decoration but some are still used in wine making. Wooden casks are usually sealed with a cork on top known as a BUNG and the hole of course is a bung hole. there is usually a spigot or tap in the front of the barrel which acts like a faucet to allow wine to be drawn from barrel.
Its hard to keep clean and cannot be allowed to dry out completely or the barrel can be ruined. Wood also imparts its own flavor to wine from chemicals naturally in the wood.
Wines that taste like oak get that way from oak barrel aging. ie Chardonnay, or Chablis, and many red wines as well.
Hope this helps.
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# S: (n) barrel, cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids) http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cask⊂=Search WordNet&o2=&o0=1&o7=&o5=&o1=1&o6=&o4=&o3=&h=00 it made me wonder too so i had to look it up!