Monday, July 9, 2012
Summer Champagne
One of the things I really like about Luxembourg is that people here don't need a special occasion to enjoy a glass of champagne or the local version – crémant. They have it during a theatre play or in a public place watching a football match or simply at their regular dinner while waiting for their food to be served or while on a terrace during a sunny afternoon...and I could go on and on about this.
I gladly adopted their habit and enjoyed some bubbly now and then, but for the last 10 months I haven't and nor will I for the next 5 months due to baby-related reasons.
It's true that while my homeland has been taken over by hot-hot weather, summer hasn't arrived yet in my adoptive land, still, there are some warm sunny days or at least intervals that make us feel like summer.
I had to have something to cool my days in a bubbly way – so I make elderberry champagne or socată as we call it in Romania.
My grandmother used to make it, so I grew up with it as a child. And it looks so pretty in its jar, while waiting for fermentation to start!
Doesn't it?
Until it's fully fermented (probably tomorrow or in a couple of days), I am enjoying a small cup of coffee with a lot of milk. Being a new mom is not easy :-)
Later edit: the first glass
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Foooarte buna socata !!! Aici te invidiez, ca la mine in zona nu am soc ... Buna si cafeaua cu lapte, daca nu merge altfel :)
ReplyDeleteO zi frumoasa, Ioana !
Multumesc la fel, Dani!
ReplyDeleteMinunat arată socata!!! Faci nişte poze superbe. O zi frumoasă!
ReplyDeleteMultumesc, Catrinel
ReplyDeleteMmm, socata de casa! Ultima data am baut acum cativa ani, facuta de mama unei prietene. Eu tot in Luxemburg stau si am vazut ca e plin de soc, dar nu reusesc sa-mi fac curaj sa incerc si eu, mi se pare asa, un secret mare, sa stii sa faci socata :)
ReplyDeleteLuiza, eu nu stiu secretul cel mare, doar retetele de pe net adaptate un pic in functie de preferinte
DeleteNoi chiar avem un soc in curte, pe care am insistat sa-l pastram tocmai pentru ca anul trecut am facut socata in cateva randuri si taaare buna a fost! :) Insa anul asta a fost atacat de insecte, iar eu am observat prea tarziu, asa ca am facut socata o singura data, cu flori dintr-un alt soc. Evident ca nu mi-am mai facut plinul... Ata ete, la anu', sper!
ReplyDeleteDar borcanul tau arata tare bine! Iar later edit-ul mi-a lasat gura apa! :)) Pupici.
ce misto ca ai soc! vezi ca si fructele sunt comestibile. Aici e plin de soc peste tot - eu l-am cules dintr-o parcare si am facut o data si mai am pt o tura, dar clar nu e de ajuns, trebuia sa iau mai mult
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