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"I've developed this recipe over a long period of time, but it's all flexible... start with this recipe, and develop it on your own. Variations abound.
NOTE: I always make this recipe in 2 Litre plastic water bottles. Some people say you shouldn't do this, but I have no idea why - always works perfectly for me."

Ingredients: cloves, sugar, yeast...

"A recipe from my friend Roy Heflin. Note that the recipe calls for blackberries so as to generate a useful nutritional panel (RZ doesn't have nutritional data for the generic "berries"), but any cane berry (blackberry, raspberry, loganberry, boysenberry, marionberry) as well as blueberries can be used in this recipe, as can a mixture of..."

Ingredients: sugar, vodka, water...

"Got this from a family I stayed with in Sorrento, Italy. Don't want to lose it. Can be made with either lemons or oranges. The Italian tradition is to use lemons since they are so abundant in the Almalfi coast. Americans showed me how to make this low sugar/low carb by substituting "spenda" instead of sugar."

Ingredients: lemons, sugar, vodka...

"I found this recently while going through some papers from high school - something we did in a bio lab. It was actually pretty tasty. Here is the intro: "Fermentation has been used by mankind for thousands of years for raising bread, fermenting wine and brewing beer. The products of the fermentation of sugar by baker's yeast Saccharomyces..."

Ingredients: fresh gingerroot, baker's yeast...

"This is a coffee and orange liqueur that I just saw on tv and simply had to add to my coffee recipe collection! It looked gorgeous, a lovely amber, and you surely can't find an easier recipe."

Ingredients: coffee beans, oranges...

"If you are in the Marines and being deployed, I just want to pass on the best darn recipe you'll ever see. First off tho you have to get in good graces with the ships cook cause you're going to need a few things from him. Actually "everything" except the water and sun. Some dude with a love for hooch made this during WWII and it's..."

Ingredients: fruit cocktail, white grapes...

"If you love Chambord as I do but suffer sticker shock when buying it, here's a good substitute. It doesn't taste exactly the same when drinking it straight up, but when mixed in cocktails you won't be able to tell the difference. I use one of those fancy Chambord bottles to store it in. Cook time is the LONG mellowing time. ( 3 months..."

Ingredients: fine sugar, fresh raspberries...

"This is being posted for the great strawberry recipe swap and for Rita who I know will perk up her ears when she sees it! I havent tried it and am not much of a liqueur person but the recipe says that it is a vivid red cordial with the fresh taste of strawberries."

Ingredients: 100% proof vodka, fresh strawberries...

"By far the most successful of all of Enid Blyton's books,
were the twenty-one adventure stories of The Famous Five,
who were Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the dog. The Famous Five characters usually meet up when their respective schools break up for
holidays, as the boys go to different boarding schools to the girls.
..."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, brewer's yeast...

"Based on a recipe from Sir Hugh Plat's "Delightes for Ladies" (1609), although he wouldn't have used vanilla or allspice, which are both New World foods and not commonly found in Europe until after 1750."

Ingredients: ground allspice, light brown sugar...

"From: “The Africa Kitchen” by Josie Stow and Jan Baldwin. I LOVE ginger beer and am on a quest for the perfect one!"

Ingredients: fresh ginger, raisins, sugar...

"This is a tart, sweet, ever-so-slightly bitter liqueur reminicent of the Italian Doppio Cedro."

Ingredients: lemons, sugar, vodka...

"Homemade whey is needed to produce fermented foods and the authentic old fashioned fizzy drinks. It is healthy and you can have fun with it. Whey can be used in multiple ways as with other cultured milk products. This is the stuff that REAL Kimchee is made with... not vinegar.

Regularly adding beneficial cultures to your diet will aid..."

Ingredients: whole milk, yogurt...

"This sounds so interesting I am dying to try it! Prep time is fermenting time."

Ingredients: white grape juice, sugar...