{"id":3042,"date":"2011-04-12T21:22:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatallmayknow.org\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:13:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:13:22","slug":"my-png-cookbook-hibiscus-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tom-carlton\/2011\/04\/12\/my-png-cookbook-hibiscus-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"My PNG Cookbook: Hibiscus Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Since moving to a village in a different province than the one we started out in, the options of available local food have yet again changed a bit. \u00a0This has brought on even more of a learning curve to my ever growing PNG Cookbook. \u00a0Still though, it is amazing what you can do with what is available around you!<\/p>\n

Step One:<\/strong> I grab a basket and my kid and we wander a few hundred feet from our house to find a hibiscus tree that has a lot of flowers on it. I try to get Jude to help me by holding the basket but that turns out to be harder than I thought because all he wants to do is dump them. \ud83d\ude42 In spite of Jude\u2019s creative ideas we do succeed in picking about 15 or so hibiscus flowers so we head back to our house.<\/p>\n

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Step Two:<\/strong> The stamen cannot be used in the tea as they are covered in pollen and what not so it must be separated from the rest of the flower. So I pull off all the petals and am left with my nice pile of pink petals! When it\u2019s all said and done I need one cup of petals (which means they are mashed in there good to make a solid cup full).<\/p>\n

Step Three:<\/strong> Next I bring six cups of water to a boil and then add all the petals. When the petals are all in there, I remove the pot from the heat and let it steep with a lid on for about an hour.<\/p>\n

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Step Four: <\/strong>All the petals need to come out so I strain the water through a wire sieve. When all I have is pink water with no petal floaters I mix in 2\/3 cup sugar. Next, the tea needs to be chilled in the fridge, so in it goes and I hope to myself that our solar panels will collect enough sunny rays to keep the fridge going so we can enjoy the tea by dinner time. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Step Five:<\/strong> The solar panels did their job well, so we enjoy the hibiscus tea after our dinner! It has a very light and fruity flavor and is surprisingly refreshing! It\u2019s our very own island version of Snapple! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Naturally this is a tea I will only be making in PNG, as I can imagine buying so many hibiscus flowers in the states would be somewhat cost prohibitive! \ud83d\ude00 This is one of those time we can appreciate the little perks of living on a scorching hot island: free flowers for tea!<\/p>\n

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