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--- In nafex@egroups.com, jakuehn@y... wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> Your recipes sound terrific.  Okay if I print them in a recipe 
column in
> the next Pomona, giving you full credit?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jackie Kuehn

My response:
Sure, I wrote them rather hastily and did find a significant mistake:
 after steaming them and before straining them I mashed them up well 
with a potato masher. Also, I might add that cornel is pronounced 
with the accent on the first syllable. It may be a new word for some 
of us, it was for me). So I will make the correction below. Also, I 
added a 'recipe' for a drink (just add water to the syrup, see below):
> 
> edforest55@h... wrote:
> 
> >
> > I just made the most delicious syrup with Cornel berries 
(Cornelian
> > cherry or cornus mas). Fantastic for pancakes or over icecream. I
> > also made jelly and pie. The pie was absolutely delicious also, no
> > lemon nor sour apples required. Here's how I made them. (If you 
use
> > them for your own use I would love it, if you print the recipes
> > please credit me, thanks!):
> >
> > Syrup
> > Put whole berries in stainless or enamel pot
> > Add a little water, to get them steaming, only as much as 
necessary
> > Cover and steam for about twenty minutes
    Mash with potato masher or the like
    Strain juice through cloth
> > Add equal part of sugar
> > Pour into sterile jars.
> >
> > It is very much like lingonberry syrup, better flavor in my 
opinion,
> > also it has nice aroma, kind of "flowery" (but aroma not as great 
as
> > lingonberry, or well . . . different.)
    
    For a refreshing drink, like cranberry juice:

    Just add water and ice to the syrup to suit your taste.

> > For jelly:
> >
> > Steam and strain as in above
> > 1 part Cornel berry juice/3 parts Crab apple juice
> > For 4 cups of juice add 4 cups sugar
> > Can
> > (3 cups sugar didn't gel, nor did equal parts of Cornel/Crab)
> >
> > For pie:
> >
> > 5 1/2 cups apples
> > 1/2 to 3/4 cup Cornel berries, pitted
> > 2/3 cup sugar
> > 1 TBS cornstarch
> > Cinnamon
> >
> > Hope you like it! Let me know if you have any Cornel recipes to 
share.
> > I recall someone lombasting the use of Cornel berries, saying they
> > were inferior to cranberries, but, they sure make a very fine 
syrup
> > and pie. Jelly is really good too. It takes more work to pit them,
> > perhaps a cherry pitter would work.
> >
> > Kevin B