I made 4 pints of elderflower cordial to be diluted.  I froze it all in 
ice cube bags because each cube gives one dilution just nicely.  I 
handed it over to the tea room before we went to Tresco for 5 days.  
When we came back I asked how it was going.  "Gone" was the reply - in 
5 days the whole lot had been used up.  Next year I'll be raiding 
hedgerows far and wide!  And I won't be bothering with the fiddle of 
the ice cube bags.  What's more, I hadn't saved a drop for ourselves, 
thinking I could always get some from the tea room.  ;-)

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South Devon

Sacha wrote:
> I made 4 pints of elderflower cordial to be diluted.  I froze it all
> in ice cube bags because each cube gives one dilution just nicely.  I
> handed it over to the tea room before we went to Tresco for 5 days.
> When we came back I asked how it was going.  "Gone" was the reply - in
> 5 days the whole lot had been used up.  Next year I'll be raiding
> hedgerows far and wide!  And I won't be bothering with the fiddle of
> the ice cube bags.  What's more, I hadn't saved a drop for ourselves,
> thinking I could always get some from the tea room.  ;-)

Aww what a shame.  Never mind, a lesson has been learned:)

Perhaps you ought to go into major production:)

On 2009-07-02 15:22:48 +0100, "Ophelia"  said:

> Sacha wrote:
>> I made 4 pints of elderflower cordial to be diluted.  I froze it all
>> in ice cube bags because each cube gives one dilution just nicely.  I
>> handed it over to the tea room before we went to Tresco for 5 days.
>> When we came back I asked how it was going.  "Gone" was the reply - in
>> 5 days the whole lot had been used up.  Next year I'll be raiding
>> hedgerows far and wide!  And I won't be bothering with the fiddle of
>> the ice cube bags.  What's more, I hadn't saved a drop for ourselves,
>> thinking I could always get some from the tea room.  ;-)
> 
> Aww what a shame.  Never mind, a lesson has been learned:)
> 
> Perhaps you ought to go into major production:)

;-))  Plant more Elders.........!
-- 
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

"Sacha"  ha scritto nel messaggio
 "Ophelia"  said:
>
>> Sacha wrote:
>>> I made 4 pints of elderflower cordial to be diluted.  I froze it all>>> 
>>> in ice cube bags because each cube gives one dilution just nicely.  I>>> 
>>> handed it over to the tea room before we went to Tresco for 5 days.
>>> When we came back I asked how it was going.  "Gone" was the reply - 
>>> in>>> 5 days the whole lot had been used up.  Next year I'll be raiding
>>> hedgerows far and wide!

>> Perhaps you ought to go into major production:)

>
> ;-))  Plant more Elders.........!

Or a quick trip to Umbria, where my garden is walled in by them if I don't 
cut them back.

On 2009-07-03 06:19:24 +0100, "Giusi"  said:

> 
> "Sacha"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>  "Ophelia"  said:
>> 
>>> Sacha wrote:
>>>> I made 4 pints of elderflower cordial to be diluted.  I froze it all>>>
>>>> in ice cube bags because each cube gives one dilution just nicely.  I>>>
>>>> handed it over to the tea room before we went to Tresco for 5 days.
>>>> When we came back I asked how it was going.  "Gone" was the reply -
>>>> in>>> 5 days the whole lot had been used up.  Next year I'll be raiding
>>>> hedgerows far and wide!
> 
>>> Perhaps you ought to go into major production:)
> 
>> 
>> ;-))  Plant more Elders.........!
> 
> Or a quick trip to Umbria, where my garden is walled in by them if I don't
> cut them back.

Don't tempt me!   Do you make the cordial yourself, Giusi?  I just 
can't get over how popular it is here, especially in hot weather but 
nothing could be easier to make.  I'm now tracking down a commercially 
produced one for the rest of the summer but avoiding those that contain 
sulphides.  Looks like Duchy Originals Organic cordial is the probably 
answer.
-- 
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

"Sacha"
"Giusi"  said:


> Don't tempt me!   Do you make the cordial yourself, Giusi?  I just > can't 
> get over how popular it is here, especially in hot weather but > nothing 
> could be easier to make.  I'm now tracking down a commercially produced 
> one for the rest of the summer but avoiding those that contain > 
> sulphides.  Looks like Duchy Originals Organic cordial is the probably > 
> answer.
> -- 
> Sacha

No, I always mean well, but keeping up with the Italian things seems to be 
all I can handle.  Remember the elderberry vinegar from last summer?  I 
served it as a sauce/condiment with some veg appetisers this week and it was 
a huge hit.  That's very British going well with very Italian.

On 2009-07-03 09:55:22 +0100, "Giusi"  said:

> 
> "Sacha"
> "Giusi"  said:
> 
> 
>> Don't tempt me!   Do you make the cordial yourself, Giusi?  I just > can't
>> get over how popular it is here, especially in hot weather but > nothing
>> could be easier to make.  I'm now tracking down a commercially produced
>> one for the rest of the summer but avoiding those that contain >
>> sulphides.  Looks like Duchy Originals Organic cordial is the probably >
>> answer.
>> --
>> Sacha
> 
> No, I always mean well, but keeping up with the Italian things seems to be
> all I can handle.  Remember the elderberry vinegar from last summer?  I
> served it as a sauce/condiment with some veg appetisers this week and it was
> a huge hit.  That's very British going well with very Italian.

I remember it now you mention it.  ;-)  I'll try to remember it again 
in the autumn!  Do Italians go in for elderflower drinks?  I don't 
remember seeing it there or being given it at my ex's aunt's house.  
But again, it's one of those things that seems to have come (back) into 
fashion in this country over the last twenty years or so and is now 
found almost everywhere.
-- 
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

"Sacha" ha scritto nel messaggio > On 2009-07-03  "Giusi" 
 said:

  Do Italians go in for elderflower drinks?  I don't
> remember seeing it there or being given it at my ex's aunt's house.

I don't think so.  Everything here seems to be before or after dinner drinks 
made with 195 proof alcohol.

>

"Giusi"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Sacha" ha scritto nel messaggio > On 2009-07-03  "Giusi" 
>  said:
>
>  Do Italians go in for elderflower drinks?  I don't
>> remember seeing it there or being given it at my ex's aunt's house.
>
> I don't think so.  Everything here seems to be before or after dinner 
> drinks made with 195 proof alcohol.
>

Good grief!

On 2009-07-03 10:22:17 +0100, "Giusi"  said:

> 
> "Sacha" ha scritto nel messaggio > On 2009-07-03  "Giusi"
>  said:
> 
>   Do Italians go in for elderflower drinks?  I don't
>> remember seeing it there or being given it at my ex's aunt's house.
> 
> I don't think so.  Everything here seems to be before or after dinner drinks
> made with 195 proof alcohol.

Buon digestivo!
-- 
Sacha
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Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Quoting from message 
 posted on 3 Jul 2009 by Sacha  I would like to add:

> I'm now tracking down a commercially
> produced one for the rest of the summer but avoiding those that contain
> sulphides.

Belvoir make an organic one - don't know how prices compare.

www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk

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On 2009-07-04 15:00:08 +0100, Elaine Jones  said:

> Quoting from message 
>  posted on 3 Jul 2009 by Sacha  I would like to add:
> 
>> I'm now tracking down a commercially
>> produced one for the rest of the summer but avoiding those that contain
>> sulphides.
> 
> Belvoir make an organic one - don't know how prices compare.
> 
> www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk

Thanks, Elaine.  I'll look at that one and the Duchy one.  Then it will 
be a question of where to get them from!
-- 
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www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

On 2009-07-08 00:01:57 +0100, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) said:

> Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> On 2009-07-03 10:22:17 +0100, "Giusi"  said:
>> 
>>> I don't think so.  Everything here seems to be before or after dinner drinks
>>> made with 195 proof alcohol.
>> 
>> Buon digestivo!
> 
> If there is anything left of your stomach by then, of course...
> 
> 
> Greg

Talk about 'feeling no pain'!
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Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon