just got back to the house with loads of elderflowers and have started some wine off in the kitchen , if any one else is thinking about making some dont hang about the flowers dont last long espicially in the warm weather
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And I recommend you sniff before picking. Some are fragrant and delicate and some smell like cat wee. You can't tell till you get your nose in!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Originally posted by Flummery View PostAnd I recommend you sniff before picking. Some are fragrant and delicate and some smell like cat wee. You can't tell till you get your nose in!
Must get some cordial made this year,I missed them last year.the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx
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They go brilliantly with gooseberries in jam.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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has anyone tried storing the cordial as icecubes? i read this somewhere andd thought i might give it a go- whenever i have made elderflower cordial in the past, it is so delicious that i tend to drink all i have made very fast ( all of that sugar is not good for me) tend to think icecubes would help dole it out for longer as i can tuck it away and forget about it.
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Originally posted by lindyloo View Posthas anyone tried storing the cordial as icecubes? i read this somewhere andd thought i might give it a go- whenever i have made elderflower cordial in the past, it is so delicious that i tend to drink all i have made very fast ( all of that sugar is not good for me) tend to think icecubes would help dole it out for longer as i can tuck it away and forget about it.My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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I think it is the sap (from stems and leaves) that smells a bit odd if you keep freshly picked flowers in a polybag. That distinctive smell of the sap is the thing I know best about elder. It deters flies somewhat (not the pollenating ones, just houseflies and horseflies etc).Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.
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