Prohibition Recipes
 

The Eighteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, in effect from 1919 through 1933, which prohibited "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors ... for beverage purposes," presented a challenge in the kitchen. Therefore, a recipe might list legally obtainable substitute ingredients, such as fruit juices or flavoring essences, either without or with a mention of the traditional ingredients. And a few recipes slipped into print with their original ingredients. Home made wine or beer was legal as long as it contained no more than one-half per cent alcohol.

Brandy Peaches (without brandy)
Butter Cookies
Fruit Cakes
Party Punch
Prohibition Tea Cakes
Home Made Wines:
  Blackberry Wine
  Cherry Wine
  Grape Wine
  Sauterne Wine
  Sherry Wine
  Strawberry Wine
  Plum Liqueur


[Note: (Because we live in an age when Prohibitionist attitudes are creeping back into the mainstream, in addition to having safety concerns to the point of worry-wartism and a tendency toward litigation that a time traveller from the Twenties would find incomprehensible):
Some of the recipes here involve fermentation or otherwise advocate the use of alcohol. These are for the sole purpose of reading about the past and are not intended as practical instructions. Aside from legal (especially for minors), religious, and health concerns, there are possible problems from unwanted bacteria, poisoning from utensils or containers made of some metals, plastics, or treated wood or ceramics, and the fact that glass bottles can shatter under the presure of fermentation.]

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