Wild Violets are another first to bloom in the spring in the Northwest. Suddenly one day you walk out the door, and appearing before you is a haze of purple covering the ground! It always causes me to gasp and exclaim, "The violets are out!!!" Time to make syrup!
Violets have fuzzy sideburns!
The most time consuming part of making the syrup is picking all the blossoms. You need 4 cups of flowers to make a batch of syrup. I enjoy the time spent outside, feeling the approach of spring whilst I harvest the purple jewels.
Once you have your flowers picked, bring them indoors and pour 1 cup of boiling water over them. Leave it to extract the components from the violets until the liquid has totally cooled down to room temperature (or longer, if desired). Strain out the violets, squeezing out all excess water. Place liquid in a saucepan over medium-low heat and add 1 cup of honey. Stirring constantly, melt honey until it is well blended into the mixture. Cool and bottle. Store in refrigerator.
Use for sore throats or stomach aches, slowly sipping 1 teaspoon. Its sweet taste has been sipped by moi even when I don't have any ailment! Yummm....Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you. ~ Edward Payson Roe
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.~ Mark Twain
1 comment:
Oh, what a nice post!
It made me feel like spring! My dad had an aunt Violet. I always thought she had such a beautiful name...
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