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Rose Petal Wine
(rose wine - fit for a royal wedding toast)
  

1 gallon water (eventually)

3 qts. strongly scented organically-grown rose petals

3 lbs. sugar

1 oz. yeast

juice of 2 lemons

(This assumes you know something about making wine...)

Bring1/2 gallon of the water to a boil and pour it over the fresh, morning-picked petals in a fermenting vessel. Cover well and leave it for 48 hours; stir often over those 2 days. Boil1/2 of the sugar in another quart of the water for 2 minutes; allow to cool. Add to the petal mixture and ferment for another 3 days. Strain well (squeeze the petals out) and return the liquid to the vessel to ferment for another 10 days. Pour liquor into a gallon jar, leaving as much of the sludge behind as possible. Boil the rest of the sugar and water for 2 minutes as before; when cool, add it to the petal liquor with the lemon juice. Cover well (or fit fermentation lock) and leave until all fermentation has ceased. ...Then it’s wine!