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This Flower Syrup which follows is typically Turkish and very popular drunk with candies.
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What You Need:
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1 pound of fresh-gathered violets
2¼ pints of boiling water
3 pound of crushed sugar
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1. Procure 1 pound of fresh-gathered violets, cut the stalks off, and put the leaves in a basin.
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2. Pour 2¼ pints of boiling water over them, immediately cover it, and let it remain for 12 or 15 hours.
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3. Then pass the liquor through a clean cloth into a stew pan, add about 3 pound of crushed sugar, stir with a wooden spoon till the sugar is dissolved, and set it on a charcoal fire.
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4. Just as it commences to boil up, instantly remove it, and let it remain covered till nearly cold.
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5. Then pass it again through a cloth, bottle and cork it up until wanted.
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