Cook them with sugar and arrowroot for a warm pudding.
Elderberry jelly if you are into your preserves.
Or, if patient Elderberry wine is pretty darn good if you let it mature for a year.
Just don’t eat raw.
SnooGoats3389
As others have said jam or cordial is great but these are also a vital food source for birds going into the winter so consider leaving the majority for the wildlife.
We try to take no more than 20% for ourselves from ours in order to encourage wildlife
PrincessYuki65
What to do ….get enthusiastic about them being ripe and un picked, go pick about 4kg and get them home, spend ages using a fork to de-stem them, rinse them off , pat them dry, put them into freezer size bags/boxes etc. Freeze them. …find them in January when they’ve lost their label aaaaand…..
Hogwhammer
Cut the bunches off the use a dinner fork to get them off the storks
CoppermineCrust
Yes those are lovely and ripe elderberries- apart from Elderberry gin/vodka , I am going to try and make some Elderberry vinegar which is supposedly very nice- will find out!
Get-Tae
Make wine. Elderberry wine is a good marinade for venison.
MegC18
Shudder and move on. Drastic purgative when not cooked enough. I can testify to this personally
mickeymac74
My parents used to make elderberry wine,no idea what it was like, was 40years ago 😂
justacuppa_T
Make jam it’s quite nice
ToothDoctor24
You can cook them down into a syrup and it’s supposed to help ward off colds in the winter
Commercial_Island485
Chuck them in your dad’s mouth after he has fell asleep in his deck chair… You’ll get bored after throwing 10… So proceed to just throw the whole bunch at his face waking him and prepared to run as he chases you round the garden to avoid a slap round the head… He will tire faster than you, then resort back to his deck chair for a power nap.
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Cook them with sugar and arrowroot for a warm pudding.
Elderberry jelly if you are into your preserves.
Or, if patient Elderberry wine is pretty darn good if you let it mature for a year.
Just don’t eat raw.
As others have said jam or cordial is great but these are also a vital food source for birds going into the winter so consider leaving the majority for the wildlife.
We try to take no more than 20% for ourselves from ours in order to encourage wildlife
What to do ….get enthusiastic about them being ripe and un picked, go pick about 4kg and get them home, spend ages using a fork to de-stem them, rinse them off , pat them dry, put them into freezer size bags/boxes etc. Freeze them. …find them in January when they’ve lost their label aaaaand…..
Cut the bunches off the use a dinner fork to get them off the storks
Yes those are lovely and ripe elderberries- apart from Elderberry gin/vodka , I am going to try and make some Elderberry vinegar which is supposedly very nice- will find out!
Make wine. Elderberry wine is a good marinade for venison.
Shudder and move on. Drastic purgative when not cooked enough. I can testify to this personally
My parents used to make elderberry wine,no idea what it was like, was 40years ago 😂
Make jam it’s quite nice
You can cook them down into a syrup and it’s supposed to help ward off colds in the winter
Chuck them in your dad’s mouth after he has fell asleep in his deck chair… You’ll get bored after throwing 10… So proceed to just throw the whole bunch at his face waking him and prepared to run as he chases you round the garden to avoid a slap round the head… He will tire faster than you, then resort back to his deck chair for a power nap.
Now pick another bunch and try again. 🙂