[Weekend Herb Blogging] – Sage Honey

It’s been quite a long time since I participated in WHB with the recent changes in the rules I didn’t have many appropriate posts to send in but this weekend I brought in my herbs from the balcony and harvested most of them as it is beginning to get real chilly outside, so I worked outside on the balcony with my plants the last time before autumn approaces…

I had quite a lot of sage this year and as I do not fancy using dried sage too much I was looking for other possibilities to use up my sage…

As I probably mentioned before I learned a lot about herbs and fruits and plants in general from my grandad, he told me how to make a lot of household remedies to use instead of industrial medicines for the most common owies…

He also told me that sage is a very good healing plant and can be used in various household remedies. The Latin name for sage, salvia, means “to heal” so I guess he is right with this. Sage is said to be anhidrotic, antibiotic, antifungal, astringent, antispasmodic, estrogenic, hypoglycemic, and tonic.

Why should a man die whilst sage grows in his garden, if not because nothing can stand against death?
—attributed to Hildegard of Bingen

When I was a child he used to make sage-scented honey and would give it to me and my brother whenever we had a cold or suffering the flu or bronchitis. We would either get to lick it off a teaspoon or get one or two teaspoons full of this wonderful fragrant honey into our warm cup of tea.

It’s pretty easy to make anyway all you need is a good quality honey and lots of sage leaves.
Warm the honey (do not overheat it) and stir in the fresh picked sage leaves. Fill into a jar and store upside down in a cool, dark place for about 6 weeks. Do check occasionally. After six weeks warm the honey again over moderate heat and separate the leaves. Fill in a jar again and store away for further use.

I used this two types of sage (tangerine sage and common sage) as they were growing on my balcony during this summer:

This is my submission for Weekend Herb Blogging invented by the georgeous Kalyn of Kalyn’s Kitchen.

Our host this week is Zorra @ Kochtopf – Thanks for hosting! Be sure to check at her blog for the round-up this Sunday evening!

Next week’s host will be Haalo from Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once.

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