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| Clare |
Posted - Jun 14 2005 : 5:14:19 PM
This article was in the food section of my local paper tonight and I thought y'all would enjoy it if you didn't happen to see it in your local papers. It's all about lavender recipe ideas, with recipes listed for:
Lavender Sugar Cookies
Lavender Honey Ice Cream
Lavender Lemonade
Lavender Vinaigrette
and
Lavender Herbes de Provence
My lavender is in bloom right now, so this makes me want to give it a go! Great ideas here.. all fairly simple...well maybe except the ice cream... but I figure Aunt Jenny will be making that to share with all of us! (At least in our dreams!  )
Enjoy girls.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/stories.nsf/garden/story/149BAFF77A0AFFCF86256FEA0058C744?OpenDocument
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 7:03:48 PM
I used to make them alot and they last a long time. I like to use them with gifts..everyone seems to like them. Arn't they fun???
Jenny in Utah
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| calisto2030 |
Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 4:56:44 PM
I just learned how to make lavendar wand sachets. Not only are they great for scenting drawers and keeping out moths, but they're beautiful. They're fun to make, too, like weaving a basket, but not as hard. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 12:48:48 PM
havest the flowers too!!! Some varieties (Like the french lavender) have more scent in the leaves, but for the jelly and alot of other things you use the flowers!
Jenny in Utah
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| pegC |
Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 11:06:03 AM
I'm going to let you all know what a novice I am now: I want to try the recipes but how do I harvest the lavendar? One response said when the stems are dry rub them. I am harvesting the leaves, right? I saw a few recipes that used the blooms, like for tea. But for the viniagrette and cookies where needed dried lavendar, I am harvesting the leaves and letting them dry out? Then crush them?
Thanks so much. I read alot more than I respond to here and sometimes I can picture all of you, hanging out over fence posts (that somehow meet in my imagined get together) and laughing and chatting and I could watch and listen all day.
Peg
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 04 2005 : 11:01:38 PM
Kathryn...when I lived in Calif we had sandy soil and it was harder to grow lavender in some ways, but the plants got bigger than mine have here with our clay soil..once they get going they will be nice for you. The humid part I don't have here either..but did in Calif. I watered them deeply once a day on hot days with the sandy soil ..until they are well established they need the water and sandy soil just dosn't hold water! Here I have to be careful not to water too soon like Peggi said... Don't over fertilize either...I just used some manure tea now and then..or you could use diluted miracle gro if you use that.
Good luck..If you can overwinter the plants there they will get better each year.
Jenny in Utah
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| pegC |
Posted - Jul 04 2005 : 10:37:11 AM
kathryn,
I just put in lavendar this year. I love the smell; planning to try all these wonderful sounding recipes. Anyway, my lavendar looks healthy, although small, but maybe because it is new. My soil is heavy, clay, rocky. I never water the lavendar - it's in a secion with lamb's ears, buttercups, irises and lillies that never seem to need water. However, that flower bed is toward the septic leach field so deep down I think it is fairly moist with "grey" water.
Hope this helps.
I love how everyone shares their ideas. YOu all sound like experts and friends.
Peg
Jersey Farm Girl in Training |
| kathryn |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 4:55:48 PM
Jenny, thanks for passing on the lavendar jelly recipe. I can't wait to try it.
I'm having a difficult time with my lavendar..which is kinda weird..our soils are very sandy and it's so humid here (drudgery muggy hot). Would anyone have any tips on how I might grow it better? It's one of my favorite herbs and I'm anxious to grow it well.
I'm also having similar trouble with basil...?
many thanks, Kat |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 10:28:08 PM
now that sounds wonderful..thanks Cecelia!!!
Jenny in Utah
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| cecelia |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 4:33:04 PM
Try this with the lavendar cookies: a glass of milk (about 8 oz.); put in about 1/4 tsp. of almond extract and 1 tsp. of rosewater. Kind of an unusual combination but it tastes good with any kind of sugar cookie.
Cecelia
ce's farm
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| Erin Raincrow |
Posted - Jun 22 2005 : 11:32:55 AM
We've made the Lavender Cookies and they are awesome, especially with Rose Petal Ice Cream and Lemonade on a hot summer day...
YUM YUM
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jun 22 2005 : 10:16:07 AM
Thanks so much for the recipes. I love lavender! I'm going to make some of the jelly.
Kay
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| BamaSuzy |
Posted - Jun 22 2005 : 09:52:55 AM
I have found the smell of lavender to be totally relaxing so these recipes sound wonderful! yum!
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| Mollie |
Posted - Jun 21 2005 : 09:34:50 AM
Collect your herbs mid-summer and rub off the stems when dried.
Crumble the Peppermint leaves to match the size of the other greens.
If your Calendulas are huge, break in half when dry. Mollie
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 20 2005 : 4:18:23 PM
that sounds wonderful and I have everything growing for it now but the calendulas..hmmmm
Jenny in Utah
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| Mollie |
Posted - Jun 20 2005 : 3:40:31 PM
A friend of mine, an English teacher, gave this to me. This is a recipe for Shakespeare's Tea.
1 cup dried Lavender blooms
2 cups roughly cut dried Peppermint
1 cup dried Summer Savory
1 cup dried Sweet Marjoram
1 cup dried whole Calendula blooms
Use 1 tsp per cup and 1 tsp for the pot. Steep 3 minutes. (You have to adjust the ingredients to your taste, not too much Calendula)
The reference for this tea is The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene IV The Shepherd's cottage, Lines 120-125.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 20 2005 : 1:04:21 PM
Here you go Cindy;
Lavender Jelly (can substitute any herb fresh)
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3 and 1/2 cups or water
1 cup fresh lavender flowers (can use 1/2 cup dried)
juice of one lemon (about 1/4 cup)
1 punch of liquid pecin (certo is the brand I use)
4 cups sugar
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In a med. saucepan over high heat bring water just to a boil and then remove from the heat. Add the flowers and stir them in. Let steep for 20 min at least. Then strain out the flowers letting the liquid go into a large kettle or pot (not aluminum) and discard the flowers. Stir in the lemon juice and pectin and stir until pectin is dissolved.
Over high heat bring mixture to a boil. Add the sugar. When jelly returns to a hard rolling boil that cannot be stirred dwon let it boil (stirring) for 4 minutes.
Pour jelly into hot sterilized jars. I use little 4 oz jars for herbal jellies, but you can use 1/2 pints too. Pour it to within 1/4" of the rim and then wipe well and seal with a boiled lid and ring.
makes 5 cups..or about 10 of the little jars.
Good luck! I have used this to make rosemary and rose petal jelly too. And lemon verbena. I tried lemon balm..but yuck..tasted like lemon pledge smells.
Jenny in Utah
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| Cindy Young |
Posted - Jun 20 2005 : 07:29:54 AM
Hi Jenny, It's me again, Cindy. Just a reminder, if you could, to send on those lavender jelly recipes? I have lavender blooming like crazy here, and would love to try something different.
Thanks,
Cindy
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 16 2005 : 11:38:22 AM
Sure....I will post it for sure later tonight. If I forget please remind me..crazy busy today....I think it would be be fine to eat!!(the lavender I mean.)
Jenny in Utah
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| Cindy Young |
Posted - Jun 16 2005 : 04:03:02 AM
Hi Jenny,
Is there any way you could pass on that recipe for lavender jelly and the other herb jelliy recipes? I have some lavender growing under my rose bushes (saw that at a garden center, and thought it was a cool idea to fill in under the roses so you don't see all the bare stems!), and I think I could use it for cooking. I bought it 3 years ago from a garden center, and at the time it would not have been considered "organic", but I am thinking that since I do not use pesticides at all, just maybe some fish emulsion once in a while, that by now it would be edible. What do you think? Thanks so much!
Blessings and happy canning!
Cindy Young
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 14 2005 : 10:58:30 PM
You know what..that has crossed my mind!!! I have made lavender jelly lots of times and it is so pretty and tasty! I can it in 1/4 pint jars so that I get more jars like i do with all the herb jellies I have made. I have made cookies and lemonade before too, and enjoy a lavender tea that is hot (from Lavenderfleece.com it is wonderful!!) but ice cream I need to do!!! Thanks for the article!!!
Jenny in Utah
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