It´s a sweet but unstable time this time of our national day. The day always seem to start out cold and wet and end in a warm and nearly balmy evening. I have spent ,it feels like, countless ice cold 17.of May mornings waiting for the parade that goes past Skaugun, where the Prins of Norway, Håkon Magnus and Mette Marit and their tree kids wait to greet the school children, in thin dresses,shivering together with the snowflakes in the air.
But then, as the day progress, the sun nearly always manage to break through the clouds,and the people, as well as flowers, rise their faces towards the sun to soak up the promise of yet an other summer to sweep by.
In these dandelion times,when this royal flower is shining from any corner of the garden,what is more natural
than asking it´s permission to pick a gallon or two to make some royal dandelion lemonade. He for sure will give you his permission,since he has more children than he can count.(The other day I was taking a little break to lay down on the grass and soak up some sunshine and to stare a little up into the great sky,the sky was full of dandelion seeds...all the way up to the sun. No wonder Mr Dandelion can be so generous with his children...)
Dandelion lemonade:
Fill a crock with dandelion flowers
Fill up with water,room temp.
Poor over some raw sugar or honey
Squeeze a couple of organic lemons,and stir inn the juice.
Leave it to cool down and do it´s magic work in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
Enjoy and know that apart from the great taste, this is also making your liver very happy! This is a drink to cool you down both physically and emotionally...
