[Sca-cooks] elder*berries*

['bella]

elderberries themselves make a lovely wine
and I grew up eating elderberry jelly.
'bella
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pixel, Goddess and Queen" <pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] elder*berries*


:
: There's a large park near my house which is just full to
bursting with
: elder of the /Sambucus nigra/ varieties, which are flowering
right now. So
: I went gathering last night, and there will be Sambocade at
12th Night!
: Yay!
:
: And I need to get Mom's recipe for elderflower fritters, and
Grandpa's
: recipe for elderberry syrup, and...
:
: Anyway. Are there any period recipes for the *berries*? All the
recipes
: I've seen call for the flowers, and there's got to be some
other use in
: period for the things besides to dye leather blue.
:
: Margaret, who will remember better mosquito repellent next time
:
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