Wednesday, May. 05, 2010 - 1:32 p.m.
LIVING ROYALLY- eat your Lilacs
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This week, while the lilacs are at their very best, at sunset gather a bunch of the best ones and jam them head first into a big pitcher of cool drinkable water- do not refrigerate- leave this curious set up on the table out of the light overnight and... the blooms will release their perfumes into the water-
In the morning, remove the lilacs flowers, and vase them up, now drink the perfumed water ! Enjoy this special treat lavishly as it does not keep- make more this evening if you want to wow your loved ones,, Left over perfume water rinse your hair after a shower or bath and live royally _for once.
If you cut every flower from your lilac bush and vase them up for upclose enjoyment , > next year the bush will produce _double flowers at the terminus axis bud- yes you will get two -for-one if you get them all and keep on plucking them, your lilac bush will thrive on this attention..
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( recipe and lilac culture hints courtesy of the court of Darius the Great- badass Persian King of antiquity who had a special affection for the lilac, which to this day retains the botanical descriptor >>> Persica.. in his honour
(* for Reality Kills who adores lilacs )
