Forsythia-

Week 1

During week one I was foraging in Eastern Washington and came across Forsythia flowers. Another name for this flower is Lian Qiao. After my quest of Ethnobotanical knowledge of the Forsythia flowers I discovered that this flowers has medicinal properties. The medicinal properties listed are anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and can assist as a sore throat aide. I started to harvest the flowers with soaking the flowers. I plucked each blossom off the branches and then let the petals soak in water over night. The following morning I roasted the flowers in the oven to dry them completely. The best method I decided to use to harvest and use the flowers was to make a simple syrup. The syrup had a light yellow hue, and tasted so sweet, after cooled. Because forsythia is a cousin to the olive plant, the flavor profile I delivered was by adding the Forsythia syrup to corn bread. The syrup when heat activated, complimented the corn bread to perfection.