Re: [Cz-L] Vishnik recipe - from Merle Kastner

Thanks Mimi.
I wish more people would submit their recipes.
With time perhaps...

Merle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Vishnik recipe - from Merle Kastner

I was only joking, I am not that exclusive and am grateful to you for
collecting the recipes.

Mimi

On 2/5/10 7:56 AM, "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca> wrote:

> No, SL was from Romania (Piatra Neamt), only several kilometters
> away. But this recipe was adapted to suit Canadian measurements.
>
> It was my Kastner grandfather who came from Bukovina.
>
> Merle
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>; <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Vishnik recipe - from Merle Kastner
>
>
> SL Nathanson, obviously was not from Czernowitz. In Czernowitz quantities
> for any recipe were by weight and not by volume. The fermentation was
> sufficient to produce enough alcohol, so that it was not necessary to add
> Vodka. Even had it been necessary, they would have added brandy.
>
> Mimi
>
>
> On 2/4/10 9:32 PM, "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> Typical Recipe for Vishnik, made by SL Nathanson,
>> bottled and sold in his store, in Montreal in the early 1900¹s:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> 2 cups Sour Cherries with stems removed (not pitted, not stewed; washed &
>> drained)
>> 1 cup Sugar
>> Gin or Vodka (from Sol Nathanson, SL's grandson)
>>
>> HOW TO:
>> Mix the sugar and cherries well, and leave in a bowl overnight, in the
>> refrigerator;
>> Put cherry mixture and any residual juices in the bowl, into one or 2
>> sterilized wide-necked glass jars;
>>
>> Cover cherries with the alcohol and let settle for approximately one
>> hour.
>> (There should be 1"-2" of alcohol (no more) above the level of the
>> cherries
>> in the jar(s);
>> Leave overnight. Taste.
>>
>> Adjust sugar quantity, if necessary;
>> Cover TIGHTLY.
>>
>> If jars are not made of dark glass, put each into a paper bag; store in
>> cook, dark place (a closet) for 6 months at least. Then, ready for
>> serving.
>>
>> Note: the cherries are wonderful, too, and have many uses ­ try them on
>> Ice
>> Cream!
>>
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>> ------
>> Merle Kastner
>> Montreal, Canada
>>
>>
>>
>>
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