SUMAC-ADE ELECTUARY MEDICINAL HONEY

What is an electuary? An electuary is a delicious combination of honey and powdered herbs which I powder freshly myself for each batch. This sweet-tasting, ancient preparation is a wonderful way to add more beneficial herbs to your diet, even if you have a picky palate. Stir a spoonful of my handcrafted (I lovingly mix each jar by hand) herbal honeys into hot water to make tea, eat off the spoon, slather some on toast, add a dollop to oatmeal… the possibilities are endless!SUMAC-ADE: Red Sumac Berries were used by Native Americans to flavor tart beverages. Steep the buds in water, add a little sugar, and you have “Sumac-ade,” a popular American drink that was once marketed at traveling carnivals as pink lemonade! I have blended the Red Sumac Berry powder with Lemon Verbena & Orange Peel powders. The flavor is sweet, tart, fruity and reminiscent of lemonade.    Red Sumac Berries (NOT the poisonous species! This is Staghorn variety, a medicinal species): helps to reduce infla