Elderflower, elderflower and more elderflower

Elderflower picking is the first seasonal activity that Thea and I have and that we both look forward to when spring comes. The elder blossoms once a year, something that is hard to imagine for a child today who has all the vegetables and fruits throughout the year. It's a unique moment in the year that I always remember when I smell elderberry, hear the word or try to remember a taste that reminds me of it. I recognize the shock from any distance and I am ready at any difficulty to stop the car and pick flowers for a good shock. Elderflower, elderflower, elderflower on the horizon :)

Vica's pantry had the purpose of conserving from periods of abundance for periods in which we have a lack. Winter doesn't even go well because we already have to prepare for it loboda, stevia, spinach and many other greens taste best during this period.

My grandmother didn't preserve anything since the spring, we didn't have much money for sugar for jams and it seemed that the sugar directly on the bread was better than the sugar in various jams or jams.

Now I preserve to relive moments, to feel tastes and not to forget the good moments. It all starts with the walks to the elder trees in the neighborhood, which we visit together since the beginning of spring. Then, as they bloom, we leave with the bag behind us and start picking and making the first soca.

This year we also had a special utensil for picking elderberries, made from scissors for trimming the bushes in the yard. Can you imagine a father with a smiling little girl, with a stick that has a pair of scissors at the end with which we cut the elderflowers? you see the image all the time around Bucharest, don't you? :)

Beautiful moments that I find in every spoonful of elderflower jam, socata or elderberry syrup. Well, if we keep picking, let's do something with it.

The elderflower jam dethroned the rose petal jam, which seemed to me a refined and tasty dessert that should only be enjoyed in special moments.

Elderberry jam or elderberry syrup can be enjoyed on any occasion, especially during the summer when the heat is sweltering....