Recession Spirits -- What's your Favorite and Why?
Mark Thorson wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>> 2 cups distilled water
>> 1 cup white Corn syrup
>> 1/2 cup sugar
>> 2 drops yellow food coloring -- (2 to 3)
>> 1 1/2 cups 188 proof grain alcohol
>> 6 drops Anise extract
>> 2 tsp Vanilla extract
>>
>> Boil water, corn syrup and sugar for 5 minutes. Add the remaining
>> ingredients and stir. Cover and let stand 1 month.
>
> Why distilled water? Why not cut the water in half
> and use a less concentrated alcohol which would be
> easier to find? In this state, you can't sell alcohol
> that concentrated.
>
> Why boil at all? It's not like you're extracting
> flavors from any herbs or spices. All of your ingredients
> except the sugar are liquids and don't need to be dissolved
> or extracted. 1/2 cup of sugar should dissolve easily
> in this brew.
I didn't make up the recipe. I found it on the Internet. It makes pretty
good stuff, so I'm not going to tinker with it.
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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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