Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Start collecting poppy petals to make an unusual liqueur that can be drank as a sweet dreams nightcap.
If it's not to your taste you can use it as a cough medicine!
Guest contributor, Betsy a longtime FSC Food Swapper, shares her favorite violet jelly recipe while also giving some nutritional information and tips & techniques for foraging, cleaning & preparing violets for jelly-making.
It is elderflower season here in Northern California, and this is always the first thing I do with the aromatic flowers. Add a little of this syrup to seltzer (or vodka) and you have yourself a fancy drink...
