To Keep Cider

Ingredients

• ¾ pound sugar
• whites of 6 eggs, well beaten
• a handful of coarse sea salt
• 1½ cups grated horseradish
• 8 gallons cider
• 1 ounce powdered charcoal
• 1 ounce powdered sulfur
• 1 piece of red-hot iron

Directions

1. Combine ¾ pound of sugar, the beaten egg whites, and a handful of coarse sea salt in a clean barrel of cider.

2. Leave the mixture open until fermentation ceases, then seal it tightly.

3. To keep cider sweet, allow it to ferment to your taste, then add 1½ cups of grated horseradish and shake well.

4. After a few weeks, rack off the cider and seal it in clean casks.

5. For preservation, mix 1 ounce of powdered charcoal and 1 ounce of powdered sulfur in an iron vessel.

6. Heat a piece of red-hot iron and lower it into the mixture, then suspend it above the cider in the barrel.

7. Keep the cider in a tight barrel in a cool cellar for long-term storage.