Violets
Dressing
Fruit
Preparations :
Combine Violet leaves, stems and flowers with chopped fresh fruit or dried fruit and add dressing.
Notes : There is a patch along the path in the woods by my house, where the yellow variety grow under salmon berries, next to a sheep pasture. I add dried cranberries, golden raisins, little pieces of mango, whatever is floating about on it's way to the compost bucket. Simple dressings like oil and vinegar bring out the real taste and flavor of wild greens, but cheese is good too.
The Violet
Down in a green and shady bed,
A modest violet grew;
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head
As if to hide from view.
And yet it was a lovely flower,
Its color bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,Instead of hiding there.
Yet thus it was content to bloom,
Its modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused a sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.
Then let me to the valley go
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.
Jane Taylor
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