Is that a thing? Why yes, yes it is. Pine cone syrup is a thing. But why?
Apparently, it is really expensive and it sells on Amazon for nearly $30 for a tiny bottle. I guess it is a sought after ingredient for haute cuisine! Some people drizzle it on cheese or use it to make gin cocktails. Its a thing.
Pine cone syrup seems to have originated in Siberia and/or eastern Europe. Is this a product of a land where food is scarce? Probably. The important thing is that pine cones have nutritional content of use to humans, so it is good to know how to use them.
You know, if SHTF and we are reduced to foraging for pine cones for sustenance. 😂😎😂 You can make tea from them, grind them up into flour, or just boil them and eat. Yeah.
Some claim there are medicinal uses for pine cone syrup. It is said to be able to strengthen immunity, relieve colds and cough, and it is a natural anti-inflammatory. I mean, if we are reduced to eating pine cones, there probably isn't any Benadryl around anymore either. Don't take medical advice from me though. Treat your scratchy throat with pine cone syrup at your own risk.
Perhaps the most important thing about pine cones is that they are a source of vitamin C. That is good to know as none of us want to develop a case of post-apocalyptic scurvy. As a source of dietary fiber, you can be sure they will keep you regular. If you are lucky enough to find cones with pine nuts, you will have access to magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, calcium, manganese and vitamin K.
So how do you make pine cone syrup? There are many ways and it can be stored long term.
Pine Cone Syrup recipe:
1 part water
1 part brown sugar
1 part green baby pine cones
Boil the pine cones in the water for 20 minutes and then let this "pine cone soup" stand in a covered pot overnight.
Add the sugar to the pine cone soup and boil again for 30 minutes. Keep watching and stirring so it does not burn while the syrup reduces.
Strain the liquid into clean jars and seal in a water bath for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you can keep your syrup in the fridge.
That is one way. You can also ferment it.
Fermented Pine Cone Syrup recipe:
1 part green baby pine cones
1 part brown sugar
Pack pine cones and sugar into fermentation jars and allow to ferment in a cool dark place for 2 months or longer. When you are satisfied with your product, strain the syrup into clean jars. The syrup will be shelf stable, but you can store it in the fridge, or if you wish, seal your jars in a water bath. If you choose to use a water bath, you will destroy the beneficial bacteria that is produced through fermentation.
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Never thought of this, I know it makes good herbal tea with the needles; but not the green cones.
I have a large stand of pine by the homestead, I'll have to try this....
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Tea can be made from the needles? See, I didn't know that. 😁
Personally, I am not yet ready to eat pine cones--I mean the syrup is reasonable, but I am not yet reduced to this. BTW: my kid was listening to a podcast about the Donner Party. If only they had foraged for some pine cones and needles. I am sure those items were around ... .
The needles of the white pine, are supposed to be mild and packed with vitamin C. People swear by it, but it still tastes piney to me. But to break a cold....
The pine nuts are sold in stores, not to bad, but still a little piney for a snack food!
The Donner Party stacked failures, including having no one along that had winter survival skills! I'd have set snares, while I was eating the horses; but foraging was definitely important too.
It's amazing how far people will fall, when they get hungry!
Keep on prepping....
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Pine nuts are delicious, but it is true they are expensive.
True, but everything is becoming expensive! I just paid $17 a dozen for jars that used to be about $10 a dozen. A 70% increase in about a year, but we only have 7 % inflation, uh yeah right....
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They always lie about inflation. Well, lie is a bit of a strong word but only a bit. Some things go down in price and they always subtract the cheaper things from the more expensive items. The inflation rate is an average of price increases across a set of commodities. There are other pressures causing some prices to increase in price. Like all the preppers hoarding the jars over the last few years. Plus manufacturing is down and they stopped manufacturing GEM lids so a lot of people need to replace their jars.
They don't include groceries or fuel in the inflation calculations, so the term lying is appropriate and accurate!
The price on jars skyrocketed when the supply chain dried up. Part was scared people buying everything they could find, but mostly it was caused by foreign manufacturing with the travel problems inherent in that process.
Once a country stops manufacturing products, their supply chain will never truly recover. Enhanced production to help the supply chain stabilize is no longer possible, so it is a self fulfilling problem!
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Britt here, nice to meet you, and what a great picture you took of the pine cone.
I never had the stuff but maybe i can make or buy it.
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Hi Britt! It is just a stock picture so I can't take credit for it. :-D It is nice to meet another person with the same name.