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Coltsfoot grows abundantly in the British Isles but the flowers are not always easy
to come by in quantity unless you have previously earmarked the plant's position. It is
usually to be found in waysides, railway embankments and waste places, the bright
yellow flowers putting in an appearance from March onwards, long in advance of the
heart-shaped leaves. Because of this the old country name for this plant was "Son Before
Father"! (Those who do not live in the country can obtain the dried flowers from a
herbalist.)
Ingredients:
1 gallon coltsfoot flowers 3 ½ lb. sugar
1 gallon water Yeast and nutrient
2 oranges 2 lemons
Method:
Dissolve the sugar in the. water and bring to the boil. Simmer for five minutes.
Remove from heat and allow to cool. Peel the oranges and lemons thinly, and put the
rinds into a bowl or stone jar with the juice and the coltsfoot flowers (just the heads).
Pour over the cold syrup, and stir. Add the yeast mixed with a little of the lukewarm
liquid, and leave to ferment for seven days in a warm place, and well covered. Stir daily.
Strain into a fermenting jar, cover, or insert an air lock. When fermentation ceases, siphon
off and bottle.
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