Homesteading (33):Making elderflower cordial
It’s that time of year (at least here in Poland) to make our 100% organic elderflower cordial. Recipe: * Boil 1 litre of water/1 kg of sugar to make a syrop….
5 Responses to Homesteading (33):Making elderflower cordial
Leave a Reply to Steve N Vegas Cancel reply
Thx for the comment. Yes, we feel the same about sugar but its a must
include in order to preserve. Can you give a bit more detail about ‘stevia’
as we have not heard of this before and it sounds interesting. Also, do you
have a recipe for your spruce juice as we have a few trees on our land. Do
you use a Norwegian pine recipe (using young green shoots) for a cough
medicine? We made some for the first time this year…
Ivan Kinsman
May 3, 2014 at 3:45 pm
Stevia is a genus of about 240 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower
family (Asteraceae), native to subtropical and tropical regions from
western North America to South America. The species Stevia rebaudiana,
commonly known as sweetleaf, sweet leaf, sugarleaf, or simply stevia, is
widely grown for its sweet leaves. As a sweetener and sugar substitute,
stevia’s taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar.
Ivan Kinsman
May 3, 2014 at 4:16 pm
That looks very good. I made a very nice jelly last year from Elder Berries
and Crab Apples.
Dale Calder
May 3, 2014 at 4:29 pm
thanks for the info
Steve N Vegas
May 3, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Nice…I don’t have soda in the house either. I will have to add this plant
to the garden.
Uriel1816
May 3, 2014 at 5:42 pm