"Cat(h)" writes

Addmilk, cream, egg yolks, sugar, salt honey and bear,

I don't think I have a bowl big enough!! ;-)
--
Kay

On 8/6/06 16:30, in article
, "Mike Lyle"
wrote:


Cat(h) wrote:
[...]
WARNING WARNING WARNING!!
I forgot the flour!!!
You need 250 grs of ordinary wheat flour.

PHEW! Sorry 'bout that!
[...]

I once shyly confessed to a girlfriend that I'd forgotten to put salt
in the bread. She smiled happily, and admitted she'd once forgotten the
yeast. And, while we're at it, I'm in a position to reveal that a
well-tuned strimmer will run for a while on Cuprinol.

Oh, I do love that! That made me laugh out loud and long!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

"Sacha Hubbard" wrote in message
al.net...

I thought those with elder trees, or access to them, might like to have
this:
ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL
snip recipie

Elderflower fritters

An early summer delicacy and very easy to make.

Ingredients
200g Plain Flour

250ml (half pint) milk
medium sized egg
Elderflower Heads - 2-3 per person - with enough of a stalk to hold onto
50g sugar
Salt and pepper


Mix all the ingredients apart from the elderflower

Heat some oil in a pan or deep fat fryer, Dip flower head in batter and fry
until golden brown

A pinch of cinnamon can be added to the batter to add extra flavour and the
fritters can be rolled in sugar although this is not always needed if there
is sugar in the batter

"K" wrote in message
...
"Cat(h)" writes

Addmilk, cream, egg yolks, sugar, salt honey and bear,

I don't think I have a bowl big enough!! ;-)
Kay

Anyone got a recipe for elderflower cordial?
A friend wants to try to make some.......
Jenny

On 11/6/06 13:02, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"K" wrote in message
...
"Cat(h)" writes

Addmilk, cream, egg yolks, sugar, salt honey and bear,

I don't think I have a bowl big enough!! ;-)
Kay

Anyone got a recipe for elderflower cordial?
A friend wants to try to make some.......
Jenny


That's what I gave when I started this thread!

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

"Sacha" wrote
, "JennyC" wrote:
Anyone got a recipe for elderflower cordial?
A friend wants to try to make some.......
Jenny

That's what I gave when I started this thread!
Sacha


Oops - came in halfway :~)
Thanks Jenny

On 11/6/06 20:52, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
, "JennyC" wrote:
Anyone got a recipe for elderflower cordial?
A friend wants to try to make some.......
Jenny

That's what I gave when I started this thread!
Sacha


Oops - came in halfway :~)
Thanks Jenny


Did you find it on Google?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 11/6/06 20:52, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
, "JennyC" wrote:
Anyone got a recipe for elderflower cordial?
A friend wants to try to make some.......
Jenny

That's what I gave when I started this thread!
Sacha


Oops - came in halfway :~)
Thanks Jenny


Did you find it on Google?
Sacha

Yep :~))
Jenny

On 12/6/06 16:31, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 11/6/06 20:52, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
, "JennyC" wrote:
Anyone got a recipe for elderflower cordial?
A friend wants to try to make some.......
Jenny

That's what I gave when I started this thread!
Sacha


Oops - came in halfway :~)
Thanks Jenny


Did you find it on Google?
Sacha

Yep :~))
Jenny


As you may have realised, that recipe makes industrial quantities! I think
that this year I may well halve it.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

can you use black elder or does it have to be green? TIA

--
Hayley
(gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)

On 12/6/06 21:32, in article , "H
Ryder" wrote:

can you use black elder or does it have to be green? TIA


No idea, I'm afraid. I've only ever used the ordinary hedgerow type and so
do the friends of mine who make the cordial.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

Sacha writes
On 12/6/06 21:32, in article , "H
Ryder" wrote:

can you use black elder or does it have to be green? TIA


No idea, I'm afraid. I've only ever used the ordinary hedgerow type and so
do the friends of mine who make the cordial.

Not knowing the context of this, I'm confused?

What is black elder, and what is green elder?

The common hedgerow elder is Sambucus nigra, which to my simple mind
would be black elder.
--
Kay

On 13/6/06 12:06, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 12/6/06 21:32, in article , "H
Ryder" wrote:

can you use black elder or does it have to be green? TIA


No idea, I'm afraid. I've only ever used the ordinary hedgerow type and so
do the friends of mine who make the cordial.

Not knowing the context of this, I'm confused?

What is black elder, and what is green elder?

The common hedgerow elder is Sambucus nigra, which to my simple mind
would be black elder.

There are varieties of it however, such as 'Black Lace', so perhaps Jenny is
thinking of that.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

I dont have a problem with getting the citric acid as i make bath bombs so i usually have some about. I hate to admit this but what i have a problem with is getting the actual elderflowers!!! I had to download a photo so I know what they look like! I havent seen any locally so have been asking a few people who know their nature and they cant recall seeing any either. So all i have to do now is find a tree. By the time I have found one no doubt the flowers wil be gone!

The message
from mrs-baggins contains these words:


I hate to admit this but what i have a
problem with is getting the actual elderflowers!!! I had to download a
photo so I know what they look like! I havent seen any locally so have
been asking a few people who know their nature and they cant recall
seeing any either. So all i have to do now is find a tree. By the time
I have found one no doubt the flowers wil be gone!

It would be hard to find a mature native elder that doesn't flower
and fruit. They flower and fruit so prodigiously that birds spread the
seed everywhere, and it can germinate in the merest cracked bit of
concrete. So elder are very common in urban areas on waste ground, edges
of playing fields, back lanes and railway embankments, riverside
walkways etc. In rural areas thay are a common plant of hedgerows and
woodland edges, lanes etc. So I'm sure they are all around you and you
have often seen them covered in creamy lacy flowers in early summer;
(just, not recognised them for what they are). They are a very beautiful
plant when in flower. Ask friends and neighbours to point one out to
you.They are just opening flowers here atm.

How do you make bath bombs btw?

Janet

--
Isle of Arran Open Gardens weekend 21,22,23 July 2006
5 UKP three-day adult ticket (funds go to island charities) buys entry
to 26 private gardens