Firearm manuals won at auction and a recipe?

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Is it Berries or Cherries? I'm guessing that by that time it's broken down and the juice out of the fruit? I would think you had to mash the Berries or Cherries first though Hmmmm is that what it says in prentices (Mash cherries before putting in ????) ?

The way it's written, they want the cherries mashed before putting in the crock, and the berries taken out after it works for 10 days - probably meant (what's left of) the cherries?? - Bob