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Sacha wrote:
:: In the very faint hope that we actually get some sun before the :: Longest Day is upon us and it's all downhill towards Christmas, :: I'm passing on a delicious recipe a friend gave me last year: :: :: 90 heads of Elder flower, picked at mid-day :: :: 6 sliced lemons :: :: 9lbs. Preserving sugar (Caster will do but Preserving is better) :: :: 7.5 oz. Citric or Tartaric acid :: :: Put all the ingredients into a large bowl or clean plastic bucket. :: Add 7.5 pints boiling water. :: :: Stir night and day for 5 days. Strain, squeezing the lemons. Put :: into plastic bottles and deep freeze. Take out only when wanted, :: and refrigerate as it wonıt keep out of the freezer for more than :: 5 to 7 days. :: :: Dilute with water to taste. :: :: This makes a very refreshing drink in hot weater. :: :: Undiluted, itıs also good on gooseberries or over fruit salad. If you add a spoonfull of yeast it will also make a decent wine! (if you take away 7lbs of the sugar!) -- If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. |
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