HERB - FW: Elder flowers

[Roberts, Alec A]

Greetings,
                Has anyone any ideas about preserving elder flowers?
These are obviously going to be used for human consumption later on.

Cheers

Gunnric

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ian Vowles [SMTP:IVowles at holyspirit.org.au]
> Sent:	Wednesday, 2 September 1998 8:49
> To:	Roberts, Alec A
> Subject:	Elder flowers
> 
> After a valiant effort to kill it my elder tree (sambucas nigra) has
> sprung back to life and is going to flower.  I would greatly
> appreciate
> advice on how to preserve the flowers, because the tree is still small
> and I only expect to get about a dozen flower heads.  It has continued
> to put out more flowers before, so I am hoping to accumulate enough to
> do something with over a period of months.
> 
> The other thing I noticed when it last flowered is that the flowers
> are
> not highly scented, and I thought they were.  Any ideas??
> 
> 
> Ian Vowles (SCA Ianto van Diemen)
> IVowles at holyspirit.org.au
> 
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