Making Elderflower and Rose Cordial

Please excuse this non sewing video, this is my exploration of a new camera and moving my editing onto a recently fixed laptop.
It is also hopefully a reminder that if you are lucky enough to be able to use seasonal flowers and produce to make food and drink, what a delightful treat it is.
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[@misswazzra]

So lovely! With this pandemic a new desire of retiring to a place with a yard is becoming strong ...

[@nicolakunz231]

Grindy lemon ASMR is an entire thing 😆 the most alien noise!

[@heutenachtistmeintag3328]

That video was cozy and all the noises you apologise for make it feel more like I dropped by on a spontaeneous visit while you keep working on your witches brew :D

[@stanceymackenzie]

I am very glad you enjoyed it thank you.

[@aleswitch]

Ohhhhh Constance!! How lovely!! I love elderflower cordial! Rose too! I'm very jealous! I don't have an elder tree in the garden where I am now! Mum would make cordial and my Dad would make the most delicious elderflower 'champagne' , then elderberry wine later in the year. They were all absolutely delicious! The elderberry wine was a 'cure for all ills' as my Dad would say. Obviously I cannot back-up this comment with fact, but I do remember several friends and family members telling us that the glass of stuff he had given them had 'sweatted out' a cold or cough that had been hanging around for a few weeks, overnight in bed! So who knows haha!! I am not a medical professional and so assume no responsibility for anyone who tries the method!! I really miss living in the countryside, but my husband has his job in the City of Liverpool so we have to be here for now. I really hope to go back to living in the country when he retires! Kindest wishes, my dear. Thankyou for the video.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Alesgriff79 thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and have such lovely memories of the uses of elderflowers. I have tried to make the sparkling elderflower before but with no luck. I do remember my parents making it and I think most of it exploded. I hope you can enjoy your own produce again when the time comes.

[@KianahSaro]

Every time you bring out a vintage kitchen item, it just cements the idea that you are a time lord. And the cordial looks delicious! Makes me wish we had elderflowers where I live.

[@stanceymackenzie]

I’m not sure a time lord spends much time in the kitchen, but I like it thank you

[@KianahSaro]

Constance MacKenzie pfff even time lords need to eat. Or drink. Or whatever.

[@TheLuckyeightball]

I just got really excited seeing that you have the exact same bread board that I have, salvaged from my Grandma's house near Leicester and brought all the way to Australia with me! I treasure all the common household objects I have that remind me of her

[@stanceymackenzie]

Ahh I have a few of them and they came from relatives or relatives of friends who knew I would use them. I’m glad you kept such a lovely piece of treasure and that it makes you happy.

[@tiffanytomasino335]

Your stove is a wonder, I’ve never seen anything like it. I love making homemade jams, and sauces, and such. Have been living far to urban the last several years to do it properly though. Thank you for sharing

[@stanceymackenzie]

Sorry for the delay, thank you very much I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@leonorm8453]

Im pretty sure Constance is a witch and this is a potion. Prepare and drink for extra neat stitching! (now in all seriousness, this looks like a lovely springtime recipe)

[@stanceymackenzie]

Oh excellent I hadn’t even thought of it’s magical properties.

[@c.w.3750]

We as kids use to pick wild Alberta rose petals and make rose petal jam.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Lovely

[@baralinni79]

This was a lovely video to watch!

[@Feelicitasy]

We recently wondered what to do with our Elderflowers next to the door because they are blocking the way. Now we know!

[@stanceymackenzie]

Splendid

[@patriciasanvictores4530]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one without the luxury of a microplane grater when it comes to zesting lemons XD

[@stanceymackenzie]

I’m not a great one for gadgets in the kitchen, I find they just lead to more washing up.

[@linw7320]

Constance, Your outfit is beautiful ❤

[@extra-terrestrialbeing876]

This reminds me of when I used to make elderflower cordial with my mum when I was younger :D

[@kaiabea280]

We have roses and there are so many elderflower bushes nearby - I’m absolutely doing this, thank you!

[@renskreuzen8612]

I just finished making this and it is amazing thank you so very much for sharing this wonderful recipe 🌸

[@stanceymackenzie]

That’s great. I’m glad you enjoyed the cordial.

[@MagosOfTheLuminary]

Think the edge of that peeler needs a touch up,nice cordial =][=Praise The Deus Mechanicus=][=

[@gilltaber2187]

I quite enjoy the extraneous noises; makes me wonder whats going on around you ;) Lovely video.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Gill Taber that’s great I’m glad they are not to distracting.

[@canucknancy4257]

Very cool. I bet it's delicious! Of course, the first thing I had to do was figure out what kind of miraculous machine you were using to cook everything. I'd read about AGA cookers, but never seen one. Off down a small google rabbithole looking into how they work and their history. Thanks for sharing your cordial adventure. Take care!

[@emholmes1]

Thank you so much for this, and for leaving in all the little farmyard/household sounds. It makes me feel for a moment that I'm in the beautiful countryside, and not in a city that is literally on fire (let it burn if that's what will bring justice, but sometimes it's nice to be distracted for a moment or two). Thank you. I needed a few moments of calm in this incredible time of change.

[@stanceymackenzie]

I left all the bird song in and I thought music would spoil the natural ones. But that does mean you get all the incidental other noises. I felt fairly vacuous posting this today. But I’m glad it could be a welcome distraction.

[@soupfox]

burning cities and harming more people does not bring justice to anyone, anywhere, anytime, period. what an ignorant and self serving thing to say, especially on a video about cordial, ffs. y'all crazed attention seekers have no shame, truly

[@emholmes1]

@@soupfox if you feel that way you need some help. That's all I'm going to say.

[@soupfox]

@@emholmes1 lol ok. glad you're not one of the single parent essential workers that has to leave their children behind at home alone during this violent luncacy and go to work during a pandemic or a small business owner on the brink of losing everything as is to covid shutdown and violent arsonists. but slacktivist Eliza Holmes said "let it burn" so it's all good everyone, carry on! here's your interent woke folk points ma'am, have a great day

[@emholmes1]

@@soupfox you are honestly what is wrong with the world. Constance herself is speaking in support of George Floyd on her Instagram. #vintagestylenotvintagevalues. You are not welcome in this community. Every single member of the vintage community whom I follow agrees that #blacklivesmatter. Your hate and selfishness doesn't belong here. No property is EVER more valuable than black people's lives. If you believe that, you are a bad person and I deeply hope that hell is real so you get what you deserve. You are a disgusting excuse for a 'person'. Get out of here with you white supremacy apologist crap. Don't you have somewhere else to be a hateful agent of evil?

[@liznotslow]

Lovely, as always.

[@stanceymackenzie]

liz not slow thank you very much.

[@jackiejames4551]

Lovely video. Thank you so much. Yellow roses are my favorite flowers.

[@nicolataylor6546]

Thank you Constance for another lovely video, it made me feel like I was in the countryside!

[@hobknobcreations4737]

This was so enjoyable to watch, I don't think I've ever had cordial before but I've always thought it sounded so delicious!

[@bonecharm]

What a lovely video x how I'd love to give that a taste! I've never had anything with elderflower before

[@mokanger97]

Also if you are of the alcohol-imbibing type, it makes a beautiful gin spritzer!

[@stanceymackenzie]

Good choice

[@daisanders82]

I was about to mention gin. Sloe gin is particularly nice with Elderflower cordial

[@stanceymackenzie]

I make that as well although I think we have drunk all of ours.

[@daisanders82]

@@stanceymackenzie My partner made a batch not too long ago and the sloes from the gin are now becoming sloe port. Then the final step will be to make jam from the sloes.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Dai Sanders all of my sloes are now wallowing in wine to become sloe port too. In fact they are probably ready to be bottled. I normally freeze the sloes after that. Maybe I’ll try jelly with them.

[@maleahlock]

I kept trying to smell your delightful concoction, to no avail. Sigh.

[@lisahodges8299]

It is so nice to get a scented rose, the modern ones often don't have that lovely scent. Was that lilac jelly that you had on that special day where you stand shoulder to shoulder with Sgt Vimes? Birdy

[@HummingbirdMe]

Oh man, now I want to try that

[@Collection_of_unseen_nature]

YUM! thank you for sharing your recipe Sending you 40 hugs from southern Sweden 🤩

[@stanceymackenzie]

You are very welcome my dear

[@aliceinreality2815]

Oooo lovely, have you any other cordial recipes to share? Love Alice/Lettys from Kentwell :)

[@stanceymackenzie]

Hello my dear, I’m gong to try and make elderberry syrup soon as apparently it’s meant to be really good for keeping winter coughs and colds away. Let’s face it we need all the help we can get right now.

[@abigailbest9355]

Excellent video. I'm off to pick some elderflowers.

[@stanceymackenzie]

Fabulous