Ginger Beer Plant

Ginger Beer Plant

1/2 ounce Brewer's Yeast
1  teaspoonful granulated sugar
1 teaspoonful ground ginger
1 cup  cold water
additional ginger
Additional sugar
4 lemons
3 cups  sugar.
5 cups boiling water
12 cups cold water

Take a half ounce "Brewer's Yeast"; and one teaspoonful of granulated sugar; one
teaspoonful of ground ginger; one cup of cold water  Place all the ingredients
into a jam jar. This forms the "Plant."  Feed it for seven days, giving it one
teaspoonful of ginger and one of sugar every day.  To make the ginger beer,
place the juice of four lemons in a large bowl with three cupfuls of sugar. Stir
well. Add five cupfuls of boiling water and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Then put in twelve cupfuls of cold water and stir once more.  Strain the juice
of the "plant" through muslin into the bowl. The ginger beer is now ready for
bottling, but do not cork it for two hours and do NOT stand the bottles on a
cold floor.  Use corks not screw top bottles because there is a danger of the
bottles exploding. But the corks must be tight or it will not get fizzy.

Two Ginger Plants Out of One

You can divide The "plant" sediment left on the muslin into two parts. Put each
part into a clean jar with a cupful of cold water. The plants are then ready to
be fed again. Give one to a friend.

Source:

rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes