Guest guest Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 At 05:00 PM 12/2/2003 -0700, you wrote: >ewww Anya! Elderberries are horribly tart for my mouth. But they make super >delicious wine and stuff! >I even have some dried that I did when I was in Ca. Janine, I have a shocker for you -- there is a little invention called sugar. It's older cousin is honey. Does wonders for tart stuff :-) http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 At 09:24 PM 12/2/2003 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 12/2/03 9:00:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, >I'm in central Florida and we have elder all over the place. You don't them >down south? They are all over up here. I'm in Melbourne. They are >indigenous to Florida. There are many, many varieties of elder in Florida, but I have never seen S. nigra, just like I have never seen St. John's Wort down here, but it does grow in northern Florida. Yet, there are maybe five dozen varieties of SJW all around here, none are the one I want for my oils and salves. If you have S. nigra, that's great, you can harvest the flowers next summer, and the berries soon after. Wonderful plant, so healing and tasty! http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 I picked a load of elderberries last weekend in Southwestern New York state. They are very near the end of the season there. They are a very deep purple and when smashed are the most beautiful magenta color. If they are another color you may have something else, there are other plants that have a blue berry that also comes in clusters. They make wonderful jelly, are great in cobbler, pie or pancakes and can make a nice syrup to put on the pancakes. They are not very sweet and require a good bit of sugar, the also have LOTS of seeds per amount of pulp. I have also read a report about people getting sick from eating or drinking the juice raw, something about the seeds. Elderberry jelly is the best, yet most labor intensive thing to do with them. You dont have to deal with the crunchy seeds. As I said though, it involves LOTS of sugar. Oh, then there is elderberry wine,,, On Sep 18, 2004, at 8:51 AM, herbal remedies wrote: > Has anyone tasted elderberries? I picked some today that are not > green dark blue to black........I just want to make sure they are > ripe enough before I feed them to my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I like elderberries in fact I was at a dinner and they had some on the pudding I eat Tom anomie wrote: I picked a load of elderberries last weekend in Southwestern New York state. They are very near the end of the season there. They are a very deep purple and when smashed are the most beautiful magenta color. If they are another color you may have something else, there are other plants that have a blue berry that also comes in clusters. They make wonderful jelly, are great in cobbler, pie or pancakes and can make a nice syrup to put on the pancakes. They are not very sweet and require a good bit of sugar, the also have LOTS of seeds per amount of pulp. I have also read a report about people getting sick from eating or drinking the juice raw, something about the seeds. Elderberry jelly is the best, yet most labor intensive thing to do with them. You dont have to deal with the crunchy seeds. As I said though, it involves LOTS of sugar. Oh, then there is elderberry wine,,, On Sep 18, 2004, at 8:51 AM, herbal remedies wrote: > Has anyone tasted elderberries? I picked some today that are not > green dark blue to black........I just want to make sure they are > ripe enough before I feed them to my family. Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and to prescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian Shillington Doctor of Naturopathy Dr.IanShillington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Thanks for the information about elderberries. I have made elderberry jelly for years; it is especially good mixed with Concord grape juice. My mother used to pick them and make jelly and my grandfather made wine. I never knew any of the other uses until now. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.