Foraged for boletus and mugwort, and lesser plantain,and sage, lavender, marjoram, willow-herb and the like. The ´shrooms were eaten and dried (no secrets), and from the lesser plantain (plantago lanceolata, in German: Spitzwegerich) I made some syrup concoction.
First I chopped the leaves and blossoms coarsely. I added as much honey as was needed to completely cover the leaves entirely, one shot of citric acid and 2 cl of a special liqueur (mainly consisting of spruce hips, honey, lemon juice, sage, thyme, and brandy.
Now I will leave it to rest for some three days in the sun, then six weeks in the dark.
Left to right: Lavender, sage, and marjoram stored to dry.
Left to right: St. John´s wort, common yarrow, willow - herb to dry, willow herb in a cotton bag to ferment, tussilago farfara (coughwort), chamomile,
....lady´s mantle, sage, common yarrow. In the jar there´s wild garlic oil. The herbs are, for the most part, already dried, and await to be put away in tins and boxes.
Those are the adventures of Mr. Fimbulmyrk, in bushcraft and blacksmithing, mountainbiking and hiking, reenactment, writing, singing, dancing, stargazing and having a piece of cake and a coffee. Pray have a seat and look around you, but be warned - the forest´s twilight is ferocious at times.
Donnerstag, 2. August 2012
NOMMM? - OMNOMNOMMNOMM!!!! - my apothecary and treasure vault
Labels:
Boletus,
chamomile,
common yarrow,
coughwort,
Knifemaking Tribal Smithing Bushcraft Survival Mushroom Hunting,
lady´s mantle,
mushrooms,
planatgo lanceolata,
plantago officinalis
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