{"id":22240,"date":"1988-08-25T16:18:30","date_gmt":"1988-08-25T23:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=22240"},"modified":"2017-04-02T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T23:19:24","slug":"violet-cardamom-soda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=22240","title":{"rendered":"Violet Cardamom Soda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Violet-Cardamom-Soda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22241\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Violet-Cardamom-Soda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Violet-Cardamom-Soda.jpg 213w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Violet-Cardamom-Soda-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>1 C. sugar<br \/>\n1 C. water<br \/>\n3-4 C. loosely packed violets<br \/>\n1 green cardamom pod, crushed<br \/>\nA few cranks of freshly ground black pepper<br \/>\nsparkling water<\/p>\n<p>In a large pan, combine the sugar and water by stirring with a wooden spoon. Bring the mixture to a boil, and let it roll for one minute. Turn off the heat, and fold in the tiny purple flowers, black pepper, and cardamom. Cover, and let stand for a day. Bring the mixture back to a boil for one minute. Carefully strain out the solids, and reserve them for a future recipe (coming next week). Also with care (for Pete&#8217;s sake, don&#8217;t burn yourself!), pour the remaining lavender-hued syrup into a sterilized pint jar, and let it cool to room temperature before refrigerating. To make violet cardamom soda, combine 2 T. of violet cardamom syrup (or more, if it suits you) with 16 oz. of icy cold sparkling water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 C. sugar 1 C. water 3-4 C. loosely packed violets 1 green cardamom pod, crushed A few cranks of freshly ground black pepper sparkling water In a large pan, combine the sugar and water by stirring with a wooden spoon. Bring the mixture to a boil, and let it roll for one minute. Turn off the heat, and fold in the tiny purple flowers, black pepper, and cardamom. Cover, and let stand for a day. Bring the mixture back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=22240\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-22240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beverages","tag-tea-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22242,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240\/revisions\/22242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}