Lavender Lemonade and a Bunny Tale

 Do you use lavender in recipes?

Until recently, I hadn't, 

but now, I think I'm in "lovender."

Ever since I tried lavender in lemonade, 

I've been searching for other things to use it in.

 I'm so taken with it, that I hereby declare...

Lavender is my new Basil.

It's used in everything from 

drinks to chicken, potatoes to desserts.

Who knew?

And I thought it was just used to stuff sachet bags.

 My interest was piqued when I spotted  Lavender Flower Sugar at the Farmer's Market during our Kiawah vacation.

(By the way, it's one of the gifts I sent to Linda of 

On The Road Again: Travels With Linda and Jim, 

 the winner of my "Where is Ms. Toody?" contest. 

If you are interested in seeing what else I sent her, 

check out this lovely blog post she wrote.) 

The woman who sold it to me handed me a recipe.

Lavender Lemonade?

Oh baby!

You'd have thought she handed me a voucher 

for a free meal at Per Se.

What can I tell you, 

it doesn't take much to excite me these days.

The sugar was almost too pretty to use.

Almost.

But I got over it.

I waited for a perfect summer afternoon

to make the lemonade.

It's all about setting the stage, isn't it? 

While I was making the lavender lemonade,

Mr. Goo Shoes came home with a story.

He was driving to the store, 

when he noticed four crows in the road.

From a distance, he could see that 

they were picking at something.

As he drove closer, he saw that 

whatever they were attacking, jumped.

And jumped again. 

Mr. GS pulled over, to see what it was, 

since it obviously was still alive

(If you know Mr. GS, this doesn't surprise you at all).

It was a teeny tiny, bunny, 

no more than 4 or 5 inches big small.

Bunny was about to get a second chance.  

Mama Rabbit, who had been about 10 feet away, 

ran off as Mr. GS approached. 

Bunny scampered over to a pile of rocks, 

trying to squeeze in and hide, 

but his little bunny butt was sticking out.

Mr. Goo Shoes got a towel from the trunk,

laid it over the rocks,

and Bunny bunny-hopped right into the towel.

The crows were watching all of this from the trees above.

He must have gotten there in the nick of time,

because Bunny didn't appear to have a scratch on him. 

 

 Mr. GS looked around for the mama,

but didn't see her.

Gently, he moved Bunny under a bush,

hoping it was out of harms way.

He waited a bit to see what was going to happen, 

but Mama didn't show herself,

and the crows didn't budge from the trees.

Mr. GS had done all that he could.

He left. 

Bunny's destiny was in the hands of a higher authority. 

Lavender Lemonade

Recipe by Charleston Spice Company

1 cup sugar* or lavender sugar

(*add 1 tablespoon lavender with plain sugar)

5 cups water, divided

1 cup fresh lemon juice (can substitute lime or orange)

Make simple syrup: Dissolved sugar in 2 1/2 cups of water in pan over medium heat. Remove from heat. (If plain sugar was used, add in the lavender now).

Allow lavender to steep for at least 30 minutes, up to several hours.  Strain and discard lavender.

Add simple syrup to the lemon juice and additional 2 1/2 cups of water.

Blueberry Lavender Lemonade: Add 1 cup blueberries with sugar and water to make the simple syrup. 

There are some who say that lavender brings good luck.

There are others who believe a rabbit's foot is lucky. 

Perhaps Bunny made it after all.

Cheers.

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