Enjoy this beverage made from infusing fruits, herbs, or even vegetables in apple cider vinegar
This is not a bush as in a bush that grows in one ’s garden ; rather , it is a drinkable made from infusing fruit , herbs , or even vegetables in apple cider vinegar . The impregnate vinegar is then strained from the yield ( the yield is eat ) and the acetum is combined with dearest or sugar and intoxicated like an elixir or cordial . In compound times , this was a way of preserving yield , since canning had not been make up . Sometimes shrub was call “ switchel ” or beveridge ” and was swear out with a fiddling weewee , over ice , or blend with a little alcohol .
Generally shrubs are sipped from a amiable glass , poured over ice , or served with a spot of sparkling H2O . They are a terrific curative for congestion and sore throat and are splendid tonics for the body . They lean to make us perspire when we drink them . My favourite shrub is made from elderberries ; however , you may sub other berries such as blueberries , bird , blackberries , currants , gooseberries , or a combining thereof . Besides berry , you’re able to also make shrub with peaches , nectarine , rhubarb plant , pear , beet , and chile peppers .
Recipe
build about 2 quarts
Ingredients
Steps
Store in a cool grim stead . We have never know of shrub to go risky in computer storage ; however , it will do the body more effective if it is used rather than lay in . Use it within one yr .
Recipe fromThe Creative Herbal Homeby Susan Belsinger and Tina Marie Wilcox .
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