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Edibles and syrups
Jun. 26th, 2012 03:59 pmWhen work was done today I found a message from NoKey on my phone that he'd probably not be home by the time I got home. I had suggested he take a walk today, with the weather being fine, and apparantly he took my advice to heart.
This also meant I had no qualms taking one of my patented detours home. My normal route is nearly six kilometers by bike, but if I go by way of Goirle home I cycle a little over 10.7 kilometers.
The air smelled like Drachenfest, that is to say: it smelled like hot grass and hay and sweat. And while I was cycling I was still on the lookout for elderberry. Sadly, none were still in bloom, and I fear I can't use my final lemon on making more elderberry syrup. But perhaps I could use it on another kind of syrup! I was pondering everything I saw growing by the wayside except the grass. Clover perhaps? Or dandelion? I know you can make jelly out of dandelions, and the leaves are nice in a salad. Or perhaps I should take yarrow? It is fine as a tea, so perhaps it might make a nice syrup.
The yarrow (Achillea Millefolium, 'duizendblad' in Dutch) I have in my garden isn't yet in bloom but there was an abundance by the wayside. I know some people can get pretty allergic to it (to the extent of getting a rash if one lies in a field of grass with some yarrow in it), but I had previously drank yarrow tea, which is nice but tastes green.
I of course discarded honeysuckle ('kamperfolie' in Dutch) since it's pretty poisenous, but wondered about other plants I recognised. What about rhodondendron? Or perhaps dock (Rumex, 'zuring')? For that matter, what about the mint I have in my garden?
This warrants more internet searching. I'm probably not the first person to ponder steeping mint tea with lemon and creating a syrup out of it. It sounds pretty darn tasty, I must say.
But first I must make my elderberry syrup, because I still have it in my windowsill. Too bad I got my inspiration set to "Drachenfest" at this point. Maybe tonight, after doing the epic dishes.
ETA: Lemon-mint syrup is Known on teh Intharwebz. And supposedly pretty addictively nommmmmmms on fruits.
This also meant I had no qualms taking one of my patented detours home. My normal route is nearly six kilometers by bike, but if I go by way of Goirle home I cycle a little over 10.7 kilometers.
The air smelled like Drachenfest, that is to say: it smelled like hot grass and hay and sweat. And while I was cycling I was still on the lookout for elderberry. Sadly, none were still in bloom, and I fear I can't use my final lemon on making more elderberry syrup. But perhaps I could use it on another kind of syrup! I was pondering everything I saw growing by the wayside except the grass. Clover perhaps? Or dandelion? I know you can make jelly out of dandelions, and the leaves are nice in a salad. Or perhaps I should take yarrow? It is fine as a tea, so perhaps it might make a nice syrup.
The yarrow (Achillea Millefolium, 'duizendblad' in Dutch) I have in my garden isn't yet in bloom but there was an abundance by the wayside. I know some people can get pretty allergic to it (to the extent of getting a rash if one lies in a field of grass with some yarrow in it), but I had previously drank yarrow tea, which is nice but tastes green.
I of course discarded honeysuckle ('kamperfolie' in Dutch) since it's pretty poisenous, but wondered about other plants I recognised. What about rhodondendron? Or perhaps dock (Rumex, 'zuring')? For that matter, what about the mint I have in my garden?
This warrants more internet searching. I'm probably not the first person to ponder steeping mint tea with lemon and creating a syrup out of it. It sounds pretty darn tasty, I must say.
But first I must make my elderberry syrup, because I still have it in my windowsill. Too bad I got my inspiration set to "Drachenfest" at this point. Maybe tonight, after doing the epic dishes.
ETA: Lemon-mint syrup is Known on teh Intharwebz. And supposedly pretty addictively nommmmmmms on fruits.
