Fare You Well

This CD unexpectedly showed up at the door a couple weeks ago, soon after the launch of All Get Out (an appropriate coincidence). It's a very nice project of recordings from many sources. The project goes along well with the All Get Out theme. Click the title to explore further.

Dandelion Wine

Here's a nice sounding, found in the wild, recipe from a free Arthur magazine found in Chicago. Click the title to get the whole story.

"I pour one gallon boiling water over one gallon dandelion flowers in a large bowl. When the blossoms rise (wait about twenty-four to forty-eight hours), I strain the yellow liquid out, squeezing the remaining liquid out of the flowers, into a larger ceramic or glass bowl. I compost the spent flowers (thanks dandelion!).
Then I add juice and zest from four lemons and four oranges, and four pounds of sugar (4-4-4 = E.Z.). Okay, now what I think is the best part - I float a piece of stale bread in the mixture sprinkled with bread yeast. This technique is used in Appalachian and some European recipes.
Then I toss a dishtowel over it so the mixture can both breathe and the crud floating around my house stays out. I continue stirring the wine several times a day until it stops fermenting. This takes about two weeks or so.
When I am certain it has stopped “working”, I strain, bottle and cork it up and bid it farewell until months later. In fact I wait until the winter solstice, when I can revisit that sunny spring day by drinking it in."

Chicago Bucket Drum Troupe

A Chicago Bucket Drum Troupe performing on Michigan Avenue

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