The first blossoms aren't even close to arriving yet, but it's time to start thinking about one of my Dad's favorite recipes. You will need:

One 5-gallon plastic bucket (or thereabouts)

One gallon of dandelion flowers

One gallon of boiling water

Three lemons

Three oranges

Four pounds of sugar

One yeast cake, or one packet of dry yeast

Bottles and corks

Place a gallon of dandelion flowers in the bucket, pour a gallon of boiling water over them, and let stand for 24 to 48 hours. During this time, the flowers should rise.

Add the juice from the lemons and oranges, and stir. Add the sugar and the crumbled yeast cake (or packet of dry yeast) and stir lightly every few hours until the fermentation ceases. (When it stops bubbling, fermentation has ended.) Strain, bottle, and cork.

There's roughly a zillion slightly different recipes for this, so feel free to experiment.

Onward and upward,
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