From Nectar and Flowers
- A "palatable" brown sugar can be made by boiling down the dew from flowers of the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
Read more about this topic: List Of Unrefined Sweeteners
Famous quotes containing the words nectar and/or flowers:
“swerving
perfectly,
the fierce, brilliant faith
that pierces the heart all summer
and sips bitter insects steeped in nectar ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Dule and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border;
The English, for ance, by guile won the day:
The Flowers of the Forest, that foucht aye the foremost,
The prime o’ our land, are cauld in the clay.”
—Jean Elliot (1727–1805)