Grape Juice
- 6 pounds grapes
3 cups cold water
Wash and mash grapes; add water and boil ten minutes; strain. For every quart of juice add two cups sugar. Boil sugar and juice eight minutes, bottle and seal while hot.
Red Pepper Relish
- 8 quarts red pepper
2 quarts vinegar
4 pounds brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Remove seeds from peppers; cut peppers in narrow strips, using scissors. Cover with boiling water, keep on back of range ten minutes, but do not boil. Drain, cover with ice water, and let stand ten minutes. Repeat this process twice. Boil sugar, vinegar and salt twenty minutes. Drain peppers, pack sterilized jars with peppers, add sirup to fill jars. Seal and keep in cold place.
CHAPTER XIX
CHAFING DISH DELICACIES
The chafing dish is composed of the blazer and hot water pan, set in a standard with a small lamp underneath. Some lamps have an electric attachment, but alcohol is the fuel most used. The best alcohol is the most satisfactory, although many use wood alcohol.