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To Drink Miss Beecher's Cranberry Tea

miss beecher's cranberry tea
(from Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-book, by Catharine Esther Beecher, 1846)

Ingredients:

cranberries​
boiling water​
sugar​
nutmeg​

Instructions:

Wash ripe cranberries, mash them, pour boiling water on them, and then strain off the water and sweeten it, and grate on nutmeg.​


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Cranberries by Mariluna [
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This recipe is ideal for cooler weather and for month of November.
 
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This recipe is from "Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book". It is ideal for cooler weather and for month of November.

Wash ripe cranberries, mash them, pour boiling water on them, and then strain off the water and sweeten it, and grate on nutmeg.

Sounds interesting. I might toss in come cinnamon instead of nutmeg. I like nutmeg, but I just think cinnamon might be more suited to a hot cranberry tea. Maybe a nice orange dash of orange juice and a slice of orange to garnish might be nice, too. You can tell I watch too many cooking shows, right? :whistling:
 
Looks wonderful! I'd not change a thing--the very simplicity of the recipe is probably what makes it.
 
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