Name: Raspberry Mint Vinegar
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c Packed fresh mint leaves plus sprigs for; rinsed and spun dry; ; garnish; 3 c Raspberries; picked over; 2 c Rice vinegar; (available at Asian; ; markets and some; ; supermarkets)

If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C.S. Lewis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Asian	August 1993	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Packed fresh mint leaves plus sprigs for; rinsed and spun dry
		; garnish
3	c	Raspberries; picked over
2	c	Rice vinegar; (available at Asian
		; markets and some
		; supermarkets)

INSTRUCTIONS

Put the mint leaves in a very clean 1-quart glass jar and bruise them with
a wooden spoon. Add the raspberries and mash them with the spoon. Add the
vinegar and let the mixture steep, covered with the lid, in a cool dark
place for at least 4 days and up to 2 weeks, depending on the strength
desired. Strain the vinegar through a fine sieve into a glass pitcher,
discarding the solids, and pour it into 2 very clean 1/2-pint glass jars.
Add the mint sprigs and seal the jars with the lids.
Makes 2 cups.
Gourmet August 1993
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