DANDELION WINE 

Boil for one hour:

2 litres of dandelion flowers in 4 litres of water with the rinds of two oranges and two lemons and 1.25 kg of sugar. Cool till tepid, add the juice of the oranges and lemons. 50 g of raisins and two tablespoons of fresh yeast or its dried quivalent. 

Leave for 24 hours, strain and bottle without scrwing down the tops. Do this only when fermentation has finished, which may be after amonth or more, depending on the weather

COUCH GRASS BEER 

This is supposed to be a kidney tonic.

Pull up your couch grass, roots and all. Wash it well, grit neither adds to the flavour nor to the supposed medicinal qualities. For every three cups of couch add 4 litres of water, 4 cups of sugar, two sliced lemons and two sliced oranges with their skins on. Boil until the skins are tender and mashable, strain, add a teaspoon of dried yeast, when lukewarm. Cover with a tea towel, bottle after three days, check every day to make sure the bottles won't explode, and drink after a week