Thread: Tomato Wine

On 8/30/2012 5:50 PM, gloria p wrote:
>
> I haven't posted this in quite a while but Google finds it copied to
> quite a few sites.
>
> This is an interesting way to use up a few extra pounds of tomatoes.
> The recipe came from a CT neighbor in 1966.
>
> Delana's Tomato Wine
>
> 6 lb. sugar
> 6 lb. tomatoes, washed and chopped
> 1 lb. raisins
> 6 oranges, washed and cut up (skins included)
> 1 gal. boiling water
> 1 pkg. Yeast
>
> In a clean crock or food-safe new plastic bucket, mix together
> the first 5 ingredients. When the mixture has cooled to
> lukewarm, add yeast and stir well. Cover loosely and
> stir well daily for 15-20 days or until fermentation stops.
> Strain, filter, and bottle.
>
> This keeps for years and ages very well to a smooth-sipping sherry-like
> flavor.
>
> gloria p

I would rather drink day old Ripple, I don't even like tomato juice. Now
dewberry wine is fine.