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Monday, March 3, 2014
One of my favourite spring recipes........
Put a handful of violet flowers (Viola odorata)
into a small glass with white sugar and let them dry. Grind the sugar-flower mixture with a motar.
You can use this seasoning to sweeten your desserts
Oh, thank you for posting this, Jutta. It is such a sweet idea (in more ways then one :) and I think it must be food for the fairies! Also, violets happen to be high in vitamin C. I think I shall make this if I can find some violets. I wonder if one could use honey instead? And you reminded me of a violet poem I write:
VIOLET LIGHT
In the dark crevices of the rocks where moss grows in the deep recesses of the forests sweet violets lift shy faces to the sunlight filtering through the deep green needles and leaves of the tall trees reaching endlessly to the sun.
The violets do not ask for much a lover's touch a quick caress whatever is leftover after the trees take their share of sunlight.
The violets with their green leaf hearts hum with ecstasy they quiver and dress themselves in colors bright as the sun, pale as snow soft as lilacs deep purples rich and velvety as a queen’s robe.
The tenderness of violets nearly breaks my heart.
If you have also journeyed where the violets breathe if you have kneeled before their sweet simplicity and listened to their silent breaths then come look into my eyes be my lover and teach me to be thine.
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Oh, thank you for posting this, Jutta. It is such a sweet idea (in more ways then one :) and I think it must be food for the fairies! Also, violets happen to be high in vitamin C. I think I shall make this if I can find some violets. I wonder if one could use honey instead? And you reminded me of a violet poem I write:
ReplyDeleteVIOLET LIGHT
In the dark crevices
of the rocks
where moss grows
in the deep recesses
of the forests
sweet violets
lift shy faces
to the sunlight
filtering through
the deep green needles
and leaves
of the tall trees
reaching endlessly
to the sun.
The violets
do not ask for much
a lover's touch
a quick caress
whatever is leftover
after the trees
take their share
of sunlight.
The violets
with their green
leaf hearts
hum with ecstasy
they quiver
and dress themselves
in colors
bright as the sun,
pale as snow
soft as lilacs
deep purples
rich and velvety
as a queen’s robe.
The tenderness of violets
nearly breaks my heart.
If you have also
journeyed
where the violets breathe
if you have kneeled
before their sweet simplicity
and listened to their silent breaths
then come look into my eyes
be my lover
and teach me
to be thine.
I so don't like typos. I wrote: And you reminded me of a violet poem I write:-- but I meant "I wrote"--I wrote a violet poem. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the violet recipe, Jutta. And thank you, dear teacher, for the poem. I like to read your poetry here. It is a teaching all by itself.
ReplyDeletethe taste of honey is to strong and the violetts will loose their beautyful colour...
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