On Jul 28, 12:01*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:20:36 -0400, Ross@home wrote:
> > * *Take 9 gallons of cider; boil down to three gallons; add to the
> > boiling cider about 3 gallons of apples that have been pared and
> > quartered; boil rapidly for about 2 hours without ceasing,....
> ...
> > I don't think I'll bother.
>
> Boiling that much vinegar you'd probably need a gas mask.
>
> We've all stuck our head over boiling liquids that contain vinegar
> and take a whiff, right? *Anytime I do pickled beets or eggs I
> just *have* to do this. *I know what's going to happen, but it's
> just this demented compulsion I have.
>
> -sw

Well, it didn't call for cider vinegar, it called for fresh cider.
they're using the apple cider to provide the sugar.