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Ingredients:
20 Freshly Picked Elderflower Heads
Or
25g Dried Elderflowers
1kg Granulated Sugar
30g Citric Acid (this not only adds a fruity flavour but also works as a preservative so your cordial will last longer)
3 Unwaxed lemons
1 Orange
Equipment:
Saucepan
Large bowl or 5 litre bucket
Straining bag or muslin cloth
Funnel
Jug
Bottles
Method:
Day One
If available, pick around 20 medium sized fresh elderflower heads - You should pick the Elderflowers from an area away from heavy traffic and when the weather is dry. Remove any insects and cut away as many stalks as possible, put your elderflower heads in the bucket.
Add finely grated zest of 3 unwaxed Lemons and 1 Orange.
Bring 1.5 litres water to the boil and pour over the elderflowers and citrus zest. Loosely fit the lid to your bucket and leave overnight to infuse.
Keep the lemons and orange covered for tomorrow.
Day Two
Peel and pith the lemons and orange, then juice them. (The pith will add a nasty after taste, so get rid of as much as you can.)
Next day strain the liquid along with the lemon and orange juice through the straining bag and pour into a saucepan.
Add 1Kg of household granulated sugar and the Citric acid.
Heat gently to dissolve the sugar and simmer fora couple of minutes.
Allow to cool for a few minutes and then use the jug and funnel to fill your 4 bottles with the hot syrup.
Allow to fully cool before capping
Give it a try, hopefully it'll bring back some memories!
I use tonic water instead of sparkling because it just adds an extra astringent that offsets the sweetness.
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May have to try this - we have a huge elderflower bush in our garden. Thanks for the recipe.
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Good?
That's perfect. You should drink sangria in a park.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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It wasn't a 1kg bag of sugar that you poured in by any chance? 
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― Christopher Hitchens
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Nope, it was from a 2KG bag.
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Then I doff my cap.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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A kilogram of sugar? Are you trying for insulin shock? 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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It makes a couple of liters, and it's a cordial: you dilute it 10:1 or more with water or flavoured water.
It probably works out with less sugar than a can of Coke! 
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I just did the numbers, first with Top Gear Math, then with Google and a calculator ...
The recipe makes 2.5L of cordial, which you dilute 10:1 - so it makes 2.5L * 11 of drinkable fluid. Assuming you use a sparkling water, that contains 1000g of sugar, so that's 1000/27.5 or 36.36 g/L of sugar. (Obviously, using tonic water bumps that up - by 49 g/L according to Schweppes.)
According to the Coca-Cola company (and printed on the cans) there is 10.6g of sugar per 100mL of Coke Original. That's 106 g/L! 
So while it sounds like a mad amount of sugar in the recipe, it's a third of that in America's Favourite Soda, and still well under even with tonic water.
Drinking 1L of Coke is the equivalent of eating 13 boiled sweets (I just weighed 13 boiled sweets to check) which surprised me.
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I completed the book, Fish![^]: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results, recommended by @code-witch
in this thread[^].
Over all I liked the book. I just wish instead of teaching via the story narrative it would’ve just been a straight up list of ideas.
Here are the main points:
1. Bring energy / good attitude to your work every day
2. Play (at your work) Have a sense of wonder about what you’re doing
3. Make their day — when you work with others, try to give them a sense of wonder and amazement at how you do things. Try to amaze others. It’s work, but have as much fun as you can. Game every challenge you come in contact with.
These aren’t always easy but I try to follow them every day and even when tasks are boring I try to do them better than they’ve ever been done. It’s odd that putting all your energy into boring tasks actually makes them seem better.
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raddevus wrote: It’s odd that putting all your energy into boring tasks actually makes them seem better.
Try doing it for 30 years and then get back to us on your success.
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jschell wrote: Try doing it for 30 years and then get back to us on your success.
Career been going for 33 years now.
So far, so good. 
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Does it have a point 4: quit your job and find a new one when you discover your boss is unresponsive to points 1-3, and is just another 'money-rules-everything' person?
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David O'Neil wrote: quit your job and find a new one when you discover your boss is unresponsive to points 1-3, and is just another 'money-rules-everything' person
It doesn't have that step, but that is step 0 at 99% of the companies out there. 
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4. Respect everyone's pronouns.
(mine are moron and idiot).
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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