Making Vinegar (Recipe from 1849)

Making Vinegar >>>

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 360, 27 January 1849, Page 191

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Here is the vinegar recipe converted to metric:

30 liters of clear rainwater
2.85 liters of molasses
Mix in a good cask and shake well.
Add 2 or 3 tablespoons (30–45 ml) of good yeast cakes.
In summer, place the cask in the sun; in winter, near a chimney for warmth.
After 10 to 15 days, add a sheet of brown paper torn into strips and dipped in molasses.