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Citric acid in juice
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My grandparents made wine and jelly from elderberries my grandfather picked in the Arkansas River bottoms. I always remember my grandmother adding lemon juice to the elderberry juice along with…Continue
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Marc S replied to Marc S's discussion Citric acid in juice"I made the Indian lemonade as usually recommended by soaking the sumac in cold water, but just used a small amount of water and kept rinsing more sumac through the same water.
Added this to cooked batch of elderberry juice just prior to…"
Mark T replied to Marc S's discussion Citric acid in juice"Hmmm.. I've read that sumac juice gets more tannic when heated, so I would think that it would have the opposite effect on elder juice. I always use the lemon juice also, to reduce/eliminate the tannic aftertaste, so would be concerned about…"
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My grandparents made wine and jelly from elderberries my grandfather picked in the Arkansas River bottoms. I always remember my grandmother adding lemon juice to the elderberry juice along with sugar; she said it needed some acid for taste. I believe she was right; anyway I have added lemon to my elderberry juice in deference to Gram.However last season (2011) I tried using some Sumac, in lieu of lemon, i.e. "Indian Lemonade." It worked quite well, and I think possibly better than lemon, plus…See More
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