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Ingredients
- 1 gallon chokecherries, plums or apples
- 3 gallons water
- 10 pounds sugar, divided
- 1/2 -3/4 cup yeast
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Preparation
Step 1
Mash fruit; add water and bring to a boil
Add sugar; stir to disslove
Cool
Add yeast
Mix well and let sit for 2 weeks covered with a loose lid*; stir ocassionally
After 2 weeks, drain off fruit, saving juice
Add 5 pounds sugar
Let stand 6 weeks
Strain and bottle
*Don't put the lid on tight or the fermenting process will blow it off
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