Clover blossoms sometimes were used with hop yeast to make vinegar. From my collection of old recipes comes one on how to make vinegar.
“Pick the clover blossoms without stems or leaves attached. Place a peck of the blossoms in a stone jar, add two quarts of brown sugar, one quart of molasses and four and a half gallons of boiling water. When this cools, add one and one-half pints hop yeast. Mix the ingredients well. Place a white cloth over the jar and let stand in a cool place for 14 days. Strain the vinegar off and seal it in jars.”
Mrs. Lorin Best
Mission, Texas
Back in 1955 a call went out from the editors of the then CAPPER’s Weekly asking for readers to send in articles on true pioneers. Hundreds of letters came pouring in from early settlers and their children, many now in their 80s and 90s, and from grandchildren of settlers, all with tales to tell. So many articles were received that a decision was made to create a book, and in 1956, the first My Folks title – My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon – hit the shelves. Nine other books have since been published in the My Folks series, all filled to the brim with true tales from CAPPER’s readers, and we are proud to make those stories available to our growing online community.
