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Downsizing an Elderberry tree

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  • Gn0meGn0me Posts: 85
    I'd love to make wine from the tree but no idea how.
    I did eat some with cream the other year. Really like the crunchiness and texture.

    Unfortunately, what followed was not pleasant!
    Not sure if I ate them unripen or overripe. They were certainly a dark colour so not green!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Find yourself a secondhand copy of this book …

    https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780713413472/Drink-Own-Garden-Glover-Judith-0713413476/plp 

    It is the simplest most straightforward guide to home winemaking you will ever find. Marvellous. 🍷 🍷 🍷 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited August 2022
    You can make a very simple cordial or compote (sugar, water, berries, sieve, reduce).
  • Gn0meGn0me Posts: 85
    Find yourself a secondhand copy of this book …

    https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780713413472/Drink-Own-Garden-Glover-Judith-0713413476/plp 

    It is the simplest most straightforward guide to home winemaking you will ever find. Marvellous. 🍷 🍷 🍷 

    That's brilliant! Thanks very much. I noticed there seems to be two editions, one has a more modern jacket while the other (the one in your link) has a more old fashioned picture. They both have the same description though but not sure if one is updated over the other.

    Thanks again.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Apparently elderberries should not be eaten raw. They contain a toxic substance that can make you quite ill.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Fire said:
    You can make a very simple cordial or compote (sugar, water, berries, sieve, reduce).

    To be clear, that's "simmer berries, sieve, reduce".
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Woodgreen said:
    Apparently elderberries should not be eaten raw. They contain a toxic substance that can make you quite ill.
    I just wondered, with the mention of 'crunchiness' whether @Gn0me had perhaps eaten them raw. They do look so tempting, but are poisonous unless cooked. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Well spotted.
  • Gn0meGn0me Posts: 85
    Woodgreen said:
    Apparently elderberries should not be eaten raw. They contain a toxic substance that can make you quite ill.

    Just did a little research myself and you're right: They shouldn't be eaten raw.
    I can't understand for the life of me why I did so! I certainly would've checked first as I new nothing about them beforehand. I must've got the wrong advice or misread/misheard. Good job it was just a Tsunami down below and nothing more serious.

    Should I tell the pigeons too? They seem to be enjoying them albeit without cream.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2022
    Gn0me said:
    Find yourself a secondhand copy of this book …

    https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780713413472/Drink-Own-Garden-Glover-Judith-0713413476/plp 

    It is the simplest most straightforward guide to home winemaking you will ever find. Marvellous. 🍷 🍷 🍷 

    That's brilliant! Thanks very much. I noticed there seems to be two editions, one has a more modern jacket while the other (the one in your link) has a more old fashioned picture. They both have the same description though but not sure if one is updated over the other.

    Thanks again.
    Mine is the original edition (it has a lovely dust jacket 😊) … I’ve not seen any later one but I doubt they’re very different.  I don’t make wine now … but back in the day when I lived in a lively village with three horticultural shows a year (with classes for homemade wines) and lots of parties and village celebrations, I made quite a bit and so did our friends.  I really enjoyed it. Lots of equipment etc on EBay etc nowadays. I used to trek to the Boots chemist in Ipswich for stuff. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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