SC - cherry-vinegar syrup drink

[Bonne of Traquair]

I was recently gifted with about 8 lbs of fresh cherries.  My first 
inclination was to make cherry jam.  But, a decent enough version of that 
can be purchased.  I'm a fan of pickled fruits which are harder to find in 
the stores.  So, I found a recipe for pickled cherries.

After canning the pickled cherries, I had several cups of cherry and clove 
flavored sweet vinegar.  I recalled mention in the Florilegium of a drink 
syrup along those lines. (Later located under "jalabs").  I experimented, 
first adding more sugar and cooking it down.  Later adding a tablespoon more 
of red wine vinegar to the finished syrup, evidently I'd cooked all the 
vinegar out trying to get to the syrup stage.  I serve it diluted as for 
senkajabin, 10:1.  Yum!

Bonne


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