Sot Suppe (Sweet Soup)

Ingredients :

14 cups water
1 cup raisins
1 cup currants
20-30 prunes
25 cloves
1 stick cinnamon
7 TBS tapioca
4 cups grape juice
2 cups or less sugar
3/4 TBS salt
1/2 cup lemon juice

Method :

Break up the cinnamon stick and put with cloves in a cheesecloth bag.
Add it to the water with the dried fruit. Boil 20-30 minutes. Add tapioca. Stir. Cook until almost clear. Then add the juice and sugar and boil until the tapioca is clear or has completely dissolved. Keep stirring. Add salt. Remove spice bag. Let it cool. As it cools, add the lemon juice.