[Sca-cooks] elderberries

[kristiwhykelly at aol.com]

they are modern elderberries, I've never found a source for medieval ones, but if you have a source please let me know.  I've dried a bunch for future fritters but no I have bumper crop of the berries coming in.  I also have a huge crop of currents.  So, do I freeze the currants and use them 'fresh' for my tarts or should I be drying them?


grace




-----Original Message-----
From: Pixel, Goddess and Queen <pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] elderberries


Period or non? You can use them to make a dye--depending on what prep the fiber has you either get a very fugitive pink or a similarly fugitive blueish-greenish-grey. 
 
We used to make pancake syrup out of them, and fritters with the flowers. 
 
Margaret FitzWilliam 
 
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, kristiwhykelly at aol.com wrote: 
 
> Any suggestions for elderberries?  Other than wine, I mean. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Grace 
> 
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