Nigel Olsen writing on his Curious Kai blog, describes his method for making gorseflower cordial.
It sounds and looks lovely!
"First, you'll need to pick approximately eleventy million of these: gorse flowers, plucked from one of the near countless numbers of gorse that dot the New Zealand countryside. They have the unique scent of coconut and when handled, have a keen sweet smell, not unlike freshly mown grass."
I've a friend who'd spent time planting it somewhere in Scotland where it's a threatened plant! It amazes me that there are still roadside gorse hedges in Southland, with rules that say you mustn't have gorse within 10 metres of your boundary!
Ray - Hint#1 - gently does it! I'm keen to sample gorse beer, with it's blowsy coconut flavour ... mmmm....
3 comments:
Yes gorse is a wonderful plant - the flowers are nice to eat, it fixes nitrogen and is prickly - a pity that it was treated poorly here.
Why exactly is gorse a pest - creating pasture spings to mind.
I've got rid of a lot of gorse and I am constantly amazed at it's tenacity for life.
I seem to remember reading of a recipie for gorse beer
Any hints on how to pick all those flowers
RayF
I've a friend who'd spent time planting it somewhere in Scotland where it's a threatened plant!
It amazes me that there are still roadside gorse hedges in Southland, with rules that say you mustn't have gorse within 10 metres of your boundary!
Ray - Hint#1 - gently does it!
I'm keen to sample gorse beer, with it's blowsy coconut flavour ... mmmm....
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