https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/ Igenlode Wordsmith - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 19 May 2026 22:30:34 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios igenlode personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/9318742/2422695 https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/ 94 99 https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/459327.html Tue, 19 May 2026 22:30:34 GMT https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/459327.html I made the <a href="https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/459117.html">elderflower cordial</a> with blood oranges, since that happens to be the (expensive) speciality of the season which the greengrocer has been selling me, and as a result it came out the most astonishing pink colour after the slices of orange had been steeping with the elderflowers for 36 hours :-)<br /><a href="http://keapr.com/bz31"><img src="http://keapr.com/images/183db176-3124-4883-8a51-684f80bc967b_thumb.jpg"></a><br /><br />In fact it bears a strong visual resemblance to the <a href="https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/180124.html">rose and elderflower cordial</a>, albeit without the hint of rose flavour. <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/459327.html#cutid1">Sweetness</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div> <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/459327.html#cutid2">Excess elderflowers</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />I also need to make some sweet orange marmalade to use up the steeped citrus slices, which proved a very successful tactic <a href="https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/395614.html">last year</a>...<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=igenlode&ditemid=459327" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/459327.html cookery public 1