Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hello and welcome to Old Ways Gardening and Prepping. 🍀 Would like to welcome you each to come along with me on this beautiful evening. We are going to make a old fashioned historical drink recipe called a shrub.
Just remember I always no matter what have a adverse reaction to vinegar and will always cough. This drink is absolutely delicious and you betcha I drank all of it regardless of the coughing. 😉
Shrubs are so delicious and good for you. The multitude of different ingredients you can use to make a shrub are so many. You can mix and match to your hearts desire and be healthy and happy making them.
The Colonist's and Victorian's used ‘fruit vinegars’ in the same way we would enjoy a cordial, and a version of a shrub was used to fight the onslaught of scurvy that plagued the British Navy in the 18th century. When prohibition took place in the US, shrubs became the popular alternative to alcoholic drinks. Shrub is a vinegar-based, cordial-like fruit syrup that is often mixed with sparkling water or spirits to create a refreshing or enlivening drink. It actually originated as a way of preserving perishable fruit, like berries, for a bit longer. The word itself comes from the Arabic word Sharab, which translates ‘to drink’. Its origins date back to Turkey and Persia, where they were traditionally referred to as Sherbets.
There are two methods of preparing a delicious Shrub. You can use the hot method which I partially made or the cold method. Either way they are both delicious. In all actuality my method combines both ways just with a twist.
You will do fine making a shrub as long as you stick to the 2:2 ratio. From there yes you can make larger batches as long as you stick to the equal amounts of all the ingredients.
2 cups of blueberries, other berries or fruit/ preferably fresh of your choice
2 cups of honey, maple syrup or cane sugar
2 cups of either apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar
2 cups of filtered water
2 cups of fresh lemon verbena, cut up
2 cups of fresh Tulsi, cut up
Hope this video encourages you to also try your hand at making your own shrub. You definitely will not regret it one bit. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them in the comment section below I will answer them as soon as possible. Everyone take care and have a blessed day. ❤🍀🦉
Blessings,
Teresa 🦉
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You can contact me through email at:
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Old Ways Gardening and Prepping
C/O
Teresa Horn
227 County Road 2230
Booneville, MS 38829
Please donate if you can so I can build more raised beds for vegetables and medicinal herbs.
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Hello and welcome to Old Ways Gardening and Prepping. 🍀 Would like to welcome you each to come along with me on this beautiful evening. We are going to make a old fashioned historical drink recipe called a shrub.
Just remember I always no matter what have a adverse reaction to vinegar and will always cough. This drink is absolutely delicious and you betcha I drank all of it regardless of the coughing. 😉
Shrubs are so delicious and good for you. The multitude of different ingredients you can use to make a shrub are so many. You can mix and match to your hearts desire and be healthy and happy making them.
The Colonist's and Victorian's used ‘fruit vinegars’ in the same way we would enjoy a cordial, and a version of a shrub was used to fight the onslaught of scurvy that plagued the British Navy in the 18th century. When prohibition took place in the US, shrubs became the popular alternative to alcoholic drinks. Shrub is a vinegar-based, cordial-like fruit syrup that is often mixed with sparkling water or spirits to create a refreshing or enlivening drink. It actually originated as a way of preserving perishable fruit, like berries, for a bit longer. The word itself comes from the Arabic word Sharab, which translates ‘to drink’. Its origins date back to Turkey and Persia, where they were traditionally referred to as Sherbets.
There are two methods of preparing a delicious Shrub. You can use the hot method which I partially made or the cold method. Either way they are both delicious. In all actuality my method combines both ways just with a twist.
You will do fine making a shrub as long as you stick to the 2:2 ratio. From there yes you can make larger batches as long as you stick to the equal amounts of all the ingredients.
2 cups of blueberries, other berries or fruit/ preferably fresh of your choice
2 cups of honey, maple syrup or cane sugar
2 cups of either apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar
2 cups of filtered water
2 cups of fresh lemon verbena, cut up
2 cups of fresh Tulsi, cut up
Hope this video encourages you to also try your hand at making your own shrub. You definitely will not regret it one bit. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them in the comment section below I will answer them as soon as possible. Everyone take care and have a blessed day. ❤🍀🦉
Blessings,
Teresa 🦉
#makingablueberrylemonverbenatulsishrub #drinkingvineger #highinvitaminsandminerals #medicinaldeliciousdrink #historicalrecipe #oldfashionedshrub #drinkupandfeelbetter #selfsufficiency #oldwaysgardeningandprepping
You can check my merchandise out at the link below. All profit from sales goes back in to helping me buy cattle panels and praying to have a small greenhouse one day.
my-store-b6fd00.creator-spring.com
You can contact me through email at:
oldwaysgardeningandprepping@gmail.com
or
Old Ways Gardening and Prepping
C/O
Teresa Horn
227 County Road 2230
Booneville, MS 38829
Please donate if you can so I can build more raised beds for vegetables and medicinal herbs.
ko-fi.com/oldwaysgardeningandprepping
To send donations to Paypal so that I will be able to buy alcohol to teach how to make tinctures. Will keep the receipts to show exactly what donations are spent for.
My PayPal ID is: @Cedar
My Amazon wish list:
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2MCQTJKJVF9PH?ref_=wl_share
Jr's Amazon Wishlist
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/21J1WTPPZXMM4?ref_=wl_share
My Walmart Wish List link:
walmart.com/lists/shared/WL/f6ad1689-d07e-486d-9a33-18daf9b06ed5
My Mountain Rose Affiliate link is:
https://get.aspr.app/SH1N4V
Yes I will make a small commission from your order but it will not cost you anything.
My True Leaf Market Ambassador link is:
trueleafmarket.com/?rstr=47595
Yes I will make a small commission and receive gifts for you using my personal link for ordering but at no extra cost to you.
Vegega Raised Beds
Below is my affiliate link and I will make a commission for anything you order with no cost to you.
vegega.com/?ref=jxcdxiet
10% Coupon Code: TERESAHORN
I'm on Instagram as @old_ways_gardeningandprepping. Install the app to follow my photos and videos.
Come join me on MeWe! It's the only social network built on trust, control and love.: mewe.com/i/teresahorn
All videos are made and edited by me Teresa Horn.
