Topic: BOOZE - The Hard Stuff
Excerpt from "How to Cook a Wolf", by M.F.K. Fisher. This book was originally published in 1942. It was all about ways to live well during the difficult times of the The Great Depression. It is full of useful tips and recipes. Recently it has made a return for small cult following. Times are hard now too.
Near the last few pages is the most important recipe of all -
HOW TO MAKE A VODKA (p. 180)
[This is still a good recipe, and worthy of individual study and experimintation. My uncle Walter, the most accomplished early-morning drinker I have ever known, says it is superlative in tomato juice.]
1 quart water
1 tsp glycerin or sugar
1 lemon rind, shaved
1/2 orange rind, shaved
1 quart alcohol
Simmer first 4 ingredients gently about 20 minutes. Remove from stove. Add alcohol and cover instantly with a tight lid. Let cool and strain.
* She says to get the alcohol from an honest but unscrupulous drugist.
Cheers!
