Borage is growing wild in Bodenham's river meadows. According to Dioscorides, borage can 'cheer the heart and lift the depressed spirits', while Gerard wrote that its flowers were used in salads 'to exhilarate and make the minde glad'.I think some has self seeded in the Veg plot and intend to try it out tonight...
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I have a very old edition of 'robinsons family herbal' it says that the flowers of borage candied or made into a preserve are useful to those who are subject to swoonings!
OOOhh - I haven't had a good swoon since I was at school.
Makes the mind even more glad when added to Pimms!
Hi dear,
I planted borage this year and have a beautiful supply . . . wondered how to "make my heart glad" and now i know. . . put the flowers in my salad today!
I must post a pix later.
~Swooningly, Becky
the flowers are very pretty floating on a nice glass of gin and tonic, and they start to turn pink when they hit the alcohol....much like myself!
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