Simple Elderberry Syrup recipe for flu

[hunybee]

WOW! hunybee, I never tried this with fried berries! (long day gal?) LOL. THe way you describe should be just fine re" juice plus the necessary water. It is best to use the needed water when rehydrating as you found out.

LOL

yah, long day

LOL

[Forest Beekeeper]

We grow elderberries.

I juice them and it all goes into our flu-tonic.

2 parts elderberry juice,
2 parts cranberry juice,
1 part ethanol [97%],
1 part honey.

Folks seem to love it.

:)

[jimmythebee]

i'll be looking into this elderberry syrup, my daughter just got very sick this week while traveling and a friend had a similar illness while visiting Florida---vomiting was the major symptom

[grower]

Here's a step-by-step video for making Elderberry Syrup using this recipe:

[Limner]

Bttt!

[Sherree]

Question.....If a health food store carries a good brand of Elderberry syrup, would it be just as good as homemade?

I bought a few bottles for this winter. We set out 2 elderberry bushes back in late summer, but they aren't old enough to have berries, yet.

[Summerthyme]

Sherree... probably. I know, big help! But I bought some from Todd's Honey Gardens online (in fact, it was their syrup which was my "inspiration" when I developed my syrup recipe) and it worked fine.

You can easily buy dried berries and make your own, as well. That's what I did before our bushes got huge (and it's still my "fall back" for years the birds go nuts and eat all the berries before they're ripe!). But I got 5 gallons of berries off two bushes last fall, so we'll be set for awhile. But I'll admit- using dried berries is a WHOLE LOT easier and less messy than juicing fresh ones!

Summerthyme