Right, my dictionary is poor on this word but I hope I am not so wrong if I say that I used the young sprouts of the Norway spruce (
Picea abies) for making a delicious syrup which is very good during the winter time. Especially when I am having a terrible cough. A layer of sugar and a layer of spruce tops. Continue to do so until you run out of spruce sprouts. I will do the same with Eastern purple coneflower (
Echinacea purpurea) which has started to bloom right now.
I remember my grandmom giving me or my brother a spoonful of homemade spruce syrup when we were little kids. I guess we were disturbing her sleep at night when we were sick for she was sleeping in a room next door.
I will leave the jar in full sun still for sometime because the sugar has to melt completely. Yum, I can't wait to taste it when it's ready!
I remember my grandmom giving me or my brother a spoonful of homemade spruce syrup when we were little kids. I guess we were disturbing her sleep at night when we were sick for she was sleeping in a room next door.
I will leave the jar in full sun still for sometime because the sugar has to melt completely. Yum, I can't wait to taste it when it's ready!
2 comments:
The things you know - you never cease to amaze me!
Wow, that is pretty cool. Does the moisture eventually seep out into the sugar causing the liquid or have you added water? Either way, looks neat for such a useful recipe.
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