[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Gillywater

[Sue Wartell]

gilliflower (or gillyflower) is another name for several sweet-scented flowers -including clove pinks, carnations, wallflowers, etc.

that's what came to my mind when Prof. McGonagal ordered it for a drink.  There's a recipe for a wine with gilliflowers on wikipedia - 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillyflower - 

An archaic recipe for gilliflower wine is mentioned in the Cornish Recipes Ancient & Modern dated to 1753:

 To 3 gallons water put 6lbs
of the best powder sugar; boil together for the space of 1/2 an hour;
keep skimming; let it stand to cool. Beet up 3 ounces of syrup of
betony, with a large spoonful of ale yeast, put into liquor & brew
it well; put a peck of gilliflowers free of stalks; let work fore 3
days covered with a cloth; strain & cask for 3-4 weeks, then bottle. 

Sue


      

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