Florence White

Cowslip Vinegar

South Notts

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Good Things in England
Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

  • About

Another of Miss Cullen’s excellent recipes.

Ingredients

  • Cowslip ‘pips’ 2 pints
  • white wine vinegar 1 pint
  • lump sugar

Method

  1. Gather the cowslips on a dry day.
  2. Pick all the flower ‘pips’ from the stalks.
  3. Put them into a basin.
  4. Pour on white wine vinegar.
  5. Let them remain 3 days to infuse.
  6. Wet a piece of muslin with vinegar.
  7. Strain off the liquor from the ‘pips’ into a stone jar; add 1</