Good Morning Everyone,
How are you? It is still so muggy here in Eastern PA. We had a little rain yesterday afternoon, but it did not clear the air. More rain is expected today - in fact there are flash flood warnings out.
Anyway, it's Tuesday, so time for a TNT update.
A few more letters were stitched and I'm relieved to tell you that the piece is beginning to draw me in and appeal to me. Whew! I wish I could get a picture that more accurately shows the thread color which is labeled "aqua marine" and is a gorgeous shade of blue. The silk thread is hand dyed, so there are subtle variations to it which are just lovely. You may have noticed that there is no "J" stitched. Most early samplers left out the J as it was not included in a classic or traditional alphabet.
Yesterday some of you asked if I would make elderberry syrup from the berries that have ripened. I have never done that, but decided to give it a try yesterday. The recipe I found only called for simmering a cup of berries in 3 cups of water along with fresh grated ginger, cloves and a cinnamon stick. After 30 minutes or so you use a potato mashed to squash the berries to release the juice, then strain it to get rid of stems, the cinnamon stick and cloves. Once cooled you add a cup of honey or agave nectar. This is what I ended up with.
It is ok - the flavor is not real strong, but I think it might be good drizzled on vanilla ice cream!
There were also more beans and sun gold cherry tomatoes harvested yesterday.
We took some beans over to C&M on Saturday and Colin cooked them on Sunday. Colin said Iris kept asking for more, and ended up having 3 servings!
Here's hoping your Tuesday holds something good for you!
The alphabet is pretty and I did not know about J (good thing Justin and John weren't around then). Your elderberry syrup does look pretty and sounds delicious over vanilla ice cream. Keep picking those beans for Iris!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea about the J thing! I like the typeface in your sampler, and wish I could see the color clearly. I bet it's stunning and will make for an interesting sampler.
ReplyDeleteThat is so interesting about the J being left out.
ReplyDeleteI am kicking myself that I didn't pick up a yellow cherry tomato plant this year. Elderberries always make me think of Arsenic and Old Lace. Poison or not, those fancy little glasses of elderberry wine always looked delicious.
ReplyDeleteNothing compares to the taste of freshly picked beans! Go Iris, Go! And your elderberry syrup looks good!
ReplyDeleteWell we learn something new every day! I wonder how all the Johns and Josephs spelled their names!
ReplyDeletegah! My gram and I used to pick elderberries all the time, good memories, she would make pies. Love the new stitching.
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