Here we are again at Cookie's Corner and today I have something rather special for you. This came from something rather special that was given to me by my Bootiful Cousin last week.
You see what happened was that she had found a rather loverly little book about old fashioned preserves and chutneys in the local charity shop and grabbed it for me. Which I thought was rather loverly to be honest and it had all the kind of recipes you never see anymore like Rose Petal Jam and other recipes that are old country recipes based on hedgerow ingredients for the most part. Elated I was with it, in fact it is now with the very special favourite books I keep next to the bed !!!
A couple of days later my Bootiful Cousin and I were having a sneaky peek around the Refurnish shop, like you do when youa re a foraging pixie like me and I spied some rather loverly hand-thrown pottery kitchen jars. A rather stunning set that I fell immediately in love with but unfortunately at that moment had about 50p to my name and they were a little bit more than that. So I toddled off to look further up the window and all of a sudden I saw my cousin in the shop and I was accosted by Himself who told me with a big grin on his face to go in cos I was wanted. So I did. My Bootiful Cousin whom I love dearly had bought the set of kitchen jars for me.
So here they are in all thier glory !!!!
Now these particular 3 were the ones I became rather inspired by to make my own.
Around here I make from scratch as much as I can and it has been a rather long time since I made mint sauce so that was the first one.
The second was the marmalade, which I tend to make rather more regularly especially when we have left over citrus fruit at the end of the fortnight. So that was easy enough, not Orange this time but tangerines so it made a rather more fluid offering but none the less yummy .
However for this week's offering I thought I would let you into the most incredible little recipe I found in the wonderful little recipe book from my cousin.
Parsely Honey
What the....!!??!! I hear you say. Yeap that is exactly what I said to. However the origins of this recipe are loverly and you know me always a sucker for a tradition and history of what I am making. So Parsley Honey was made during the Second World War as a substitute for the real thing as it was alot scarer than sugar at the time.
Now I have to tell I was rather sceptical about this but any book that has a recipe for Primrose Cordial has to know what it is talking about !!!
So I went for it and you know what it is AMAZING!!! it actually looks and tastes like runny Heather Honey!!! Strange but true!!!
So here is the recipe for you to try it out for yourself and I am using old measures because it is a tradional recipe and I think all parts of that should be preserved.
Parsely Honey
6oz fresh Parsley
1 1/2 Pints Water
1 lb Sugar
Juice of a small Lemon
-Wash the Parsely and chop it roughly even the stalks and put into a pan with the water.
-Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 30 minutes and then strain and measure the resulting juice.
- Put the juice in a clean pot with the Lemon Juice and 1 lb Sugar for every pint of Parlsey Juice.
- Stir well over a low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes or so, until the mixture is clear and syrupy
- Pour into warm, sterilised jars, cover and seal whilst hot.
Now when I maede mine I ended up with a bit over 2 pints of Parsely Honey and I am quite proud of my large jar in the cupboard as well as the loverly jar on the bench in the kitchen.
The best bit was the faery princesses were visiting when I made it and they both loved it. I figure you can't ask for better than that !!!!
Time for me to toddle off now and get some sleep.
Have a wonderful rest of whatever you are doing.
If you would like to try any others of my recipes follow this link to my book Which is Which?
Which is Which ?
xox Love and Light xox
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