Orange/Lemon/Lime Cordial

[alan richardson]

I tried the recipe posted by Sue Flesch and thought it was excellent.
Just one question - apart from keeping you regular, what does the Epsom
Salts do? What happens if you don't put it in?

In article <3611ff2e...@news.nn.iconz.co.nz>, Sue Flesch
<s...@flesch.org> writes
>On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 15:07:23 +1000, "J&F Higham" <ma...@mak.com.au>
>wrote:
>
>>I have a few recipes for Orange and/or Lemon Cordial but have not yet tested
>>them out. Does anyone have a tried and true favourite that they can
>>recommend please.
>
>This one has been made for years by myself, my mother and grandmother.
>(which accounts for the non-metric measures!) The fruit suggested
>can be changed depending on what you have available, just keep the
>sizes and juice amounts approxiamately the same)
>
>5 oranges
>2 lemons
>2 pints water
>2 1/2 lb sugar
>1/2 oz tartaric acid
>1 oz citric acid
>1/2 oz Epsom Salts
>
>Grate rind from fruit and juice. (these days I peel the rind and
>pulverise with some of the sugar in the food processor) Add to water
>and sugar, bring to boil, add remaining ingredients and dissolve.
>Bottle.
>
>(BTW I strain before bottling as my kids complain about the "bits"
>though this is not strictly necessary.)
>
>
>Dilute with water, soda water etc. Goes nicely with G & Ts.
>
>Sue Flesch, Nelson, New Zealand

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alan richardson