So… today has turned out to be a “non” day, of recovering and staying out of the heat. I’ve been spending the time making more crochet items for the market on Saturday.
At some point, I popped onto Pinterest and a random thing showed up in my feed that caught my attention. After doing my evening rounds and checking out our linden tree, I looked it up.
It seems that a chocolate substitute can be made using the green seeds of the linden tree. Who knew?
The seeds on our tree would still be too small for this. I keep meaning to pick the flowers for tea, but somehow always miss their peak blooming time.
I looked around and found information on it at Forager Chef. This link has pretty much all the information needed to make some, including a video and a recipe.
The article says to gather the seeds in July, but they are obviously in a warmer climate than we are. Maybe at the end of July/beginning of August, the green seeds on our tree might be large enough.
I think I want to actually try this!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 