Than you for this video I live in a pine forest I knew you could make pine needle tea but didn’t know what varieties of pine to use have 2 huge spruce trees in my garden I will be trying some of your recipes
Love your ideas! I have a couple jars of the syrup on the go right now. I also love using them chopped up and tossed with potatoes, garlic and olive oil for yummy roasted potatoes. I just used about 1/2 chopped up in a skirt steak marinade which was amazing! Chop some of them up and rub under the skin of chicken along with butter, yummy! I have pickled a bunch of them to use in place of capers over the winter months, which is my favourite way to use them. I love making tea with the tips and adding some fresh lemon or lime and honey. Such an abundant and beautiful ingredient that nature provided for us!
Really appreciate this video, can't wait to pick my firsts shoots this spring! Can you please tell me from what part of UK your accent is from? Probably the most lovely british accent to be honest, makes it very easy to listen to the whole video!
Thank you 😊 for your this. I would use those brown tips in my compost. Can I eat the tips raw? As garnish salt mixed with Himalayan salt or kosher salt? I live in Tobermory Ontario Canada Grey Bruce Peninsula county
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Yes you can eat these spruce tips when they're young and fresh on the branch. Look for the bright green colour. You could cook with them, although I suspect you wouldn't want to cook them for long, I'd add them in toward the end of a dish.Try the taste raw first to decide what dishes they might go best with though. Also, be aware of Yew - this is a superficially similar looking tree which needs to be avoided as it's poisonous.
I'm not sure about that, I've never tried it myself. I haven't seen anyone writing about avoiding certain spruce species but I would do your own research. We're using Sitka Spruce and Norway Spruce here. Good luck.
Gin doesn’t typically have a high enough alcohol content to tincture fresh plant material. If you are only doing a few sprigs then it would be okay but if you really want to fill it up, you either need to dry the spruce tips first or get something that’s at least 100 proof.
@@WoodlandClassroom : thanks for your response ; I have to say that my understanding of your process is incomplete ; I will review your video again !!!!
