first exploration of oxymel-making!

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Hi beautiful Herb Enthusiasts!

I was excited to read the original challenge about creating an oxymel (ossimelo in italiano) - a cider vinegar and honey carrier for whatever herbs we want to ingest in a more pleasant form!

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I began a tad late, as my kitchen was upside down during stove installation - but thanks for the reminder theherbalhive@theherbalhive - you can read about the contest here

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I already had good organic cider vinegar (though the original post got me fascinated with making my own: next kitchen project!) and some local honey from a bee/ organic woman who I know and trust very well...

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It is a beautiful thing indeed, to know how to create powerful home remedies and medicines! I use herbs in tisanes and food, pelvic steaming and bathing, and am glad of a new way to use them, and a reason to learn more about the plants directly around me.

As my current interest and needs are around subtle core healing of sacred feminine and integration of sacred masculine - for my first oxymel, I wanted something for the heart of deepest self-care - so I added roses and lavender to the honey and cider vinegar... plants foraged from the abandoned gardens below my Italian medieval quarter abode.

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Then I added a pinch of salvia/ sage to the mix...

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The thick set honey took a bit of stirring to break it up!

But then I got to the lovely shaking part:

Now the jar is ensconced in my cantina (the central cellar) - out of the way of the new stove, which is billowing great clouds of glorious heat around the whole house! - it's there in the dark, exuding the herb qualities into the nectar, next to my baskets of walnuts...

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And it's next to the fridge, which reminds me to shake it every time I walk by: this is an important part for me, of making things food-and-medicine-related, as it's easy in a busy kitchen to forget something on a shelf or inside a cupboard; I've found it powerfully useful to store all things precisely where I will see them, according to when I'll need to tend to them or use them!

Much LOVE and useful healing wisdom to you all!

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