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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Happy May Day

Have a Happy May Day. 

MAI BOWLE 

wine spiced with sweet wood ruff


In Germany sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) is known as the Waldmeister—“master of the forest.”


1/2 cup sweet wood ruff leaves
2 bottles white Rhine wine
1 32-ounce bottle soda water
1/2 cup hulled and sliced strawberries
1 to 2 hours before serving, place wood ruff in a punch bowl. Pour wine over and allow to stand. Just before serving, add soda water and strawberries.

This is a throwback to the ancient Druid practice of using the spring herb to mark winter’s end

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