Foraging
I am in my element walking in the countryside and finding something edible to take home. Today I have collected Elderberries to be turned into all sorts of goodies in the course of the next few days. I have a large bagful to process. Later on today after we have had tea which is sweet and sour chicken with rice I will be sat on my kitchen stool with the radio for company and I will use a fork to separate the berries gently from their tiny stalks and pop the berries into a large bowl and then start to process them. On today's agenda is making some elderberry and spiced elderberry jelly. I will cook up some of the berries and then strain them through my jelly bag overnight. One batch I thought I would do plain and then spice the next batch. I also intend to bottle some small jars up with the berries in for using in casseroles (not in a sugar syrup this time).Another day I will collect some for making a couple of gallons of wine and also some Elder...