Cooking with Agatha

Carole

I've thinking about the foods mentioned in the stories. For example, does anyone have a recipe for the Damson Gin that Miss Marple likes?

shana

Hello Carole, this recipe is attributed to the great-great grandson of another writer, Charles Dickens:

Damson Gin:

1 lb Damsons, 1lb sugar, 1 liter gin.

Put pricked fruit in sterilized glass container.

Add sugar and shake vigorously every day till sugar turns very pink.

Add gin, shake and store in a dark place.

Turn and swill fruit around once the sugar has dissolved, shake ocassionally.

After 3 months, strain and bottle.