Cool off by enjoying this delicious summer drink.

Ingredients

Raspberries
Vinegar
Sugar

Instructions

"Raspberry Shrub mixed with water is a pure, delicious drink for summer; and in a country where raspberries are abundant, it is good economy to make it answer instead of Port and Catalonia wine. Put raspberries in a pan, and scarcely cover them with strong vinegar. Add a pint of sugar to a pint of juice (of this you can judge by first trying your pan to see how much it holds); scald it, skim it, and bottle it when cold." - The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Child, 1832

1. Cover raspberries with vinegar in a kettle. Do not use cast iron.
2. Simmer until berries are soft.
3. Strain through cheesecloth. Measure juice.
4. For each cup of juice, add 1 cup of sugar.
5. Bring juice and sugar just to a coil, skim the top, and ladle into sterilized glass jars. Keep cold or seal jars to store.
6. To serve, mix shrub with water to taste.

Reprinted from the Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook, Copyright 1995, published by the Globe Pequot Press.