Sultry weather. Southern magnolia. Scent for the soul. Summer's compensation.
Compensation:
2 oz gin
1 oz fermented strawberry syrup*
Lots of ice, tonic (I use Fever Tree Lite)
1 Magnolia grandiflora petal
1 oz fermented strawberry syrup*
Lots of ice, tonic (I use Fever Tree Lite)
1 Magnolia grandiflora petal
* This strawberry syrup is DIVINE. I made it with expensive-but-blah strawberries from a farmers market. And it is more delicious than the sum of its parts (you can do this with any fruit).
You need: Fresh strawberries, their weight in sugar, combined in a jar. Shake or stir every day (and cover loosely, inbetween shakings/stirrings). Syrup forms quite quickly. I leave mine for about 10 days, then strain, bottle, and keep the syrup in the refrigerator. Just a dash transforms just about anything.
Next walk? Queens! The beautiful and surprising Queens County Farm Museum. We'll be walking at 6pm on August 10th. Lots of delicious weeds to gather from their fields, plus green elderberry, and unripe, fragrant black walnuts.
And then something cold to sip.
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