Concoction

This is the concoction that I mentioned in the Jan. 05 08 post “Preparing for Pairing” .

It is based on a recipe published in the internet magazine “Winning” for a commercial product called “Prange Suppe” provided by Eddy Noel. Prange Suppe is a product first concocted by Gunter Prange, Germany and is now commercially available in Europe.

The recipe as provided below is a guesstimate as to the ingredients. As in most commercially produced products, Coca Cola for example, the true formula is a closely held "secret". There is very likely a secret something missing.

Prange Suppe

1 bunch green celery
6 large onions
2 bulbs garlic
100 gr. White alum powder
1-3 branches of thyme
Approximately 3 litres of water
1.5 kg dark brown sugar
100 ml. lugol solution

It is pretty straight forward to make the Suppe (Soup). Chop the celery and onions coarsely. Peel the garlic and chop coarsely. Add to the water and also add the alum powder. Bring to a boil and let simmer slowly for a half hour or so. Strain then bring the liquid back to a boil, add the brown sugar, stir till fully dissolved. Take off the heat and add the lugol solution. It should be slightly syrupy in consistency, if it isn’t add more sugar.

I store it in 1qt canning jars in the back of the fridge after it has cooled. If, when still hot, you put a new canning lid on the jars, the jars will seal as the suppe cools.

Add 1 tbsp to 1 litre of drinking water several times a week.