Those who have always wanted to see what kind of magic you can cook up from the plants from your garden, might experience it with the programmes at the Mill Croft:
From seed to bread
Grain grinding with a hand mill, kneading, leavening, and baking bread in the oven, with the heat of the fire…
Making langalló (fried bread dough)
Baked in the oven, according to a traditional recipe, with unique toppings.
Drying fruits and vegetables
Drying tomatoes and fruit, preparing apple flakes and dried mushrooms
Collecting herbs
Collecting and drying planted and wild plants: sage, thyme, lemon balm, tarragon, lovage, safflower, peppermint, elderflower, lavender and calendula
Processing herbs
Preparing different pestos, chutneys, home-made soaps and creams
The world of lavender
Lavender can be processed in many ways: it may be distilled to produce oil, leftover water is used for baby water or water for ironing; lavender is perfect for decoration, for making wreaths, bunches, and scented pillows, as well as for syrup and soap
Crop mandalas
Now it is a tradition of ours at harvest to make a crop mandala by the stream in front of our house, with some really enthusiastic helpers.
Hay and pumpkin figures
At the time of the harvest parade and the Bozsoki Kalapos Napok (Hat Days in Bozsok), everyone in the village is working on figures mocking country life and the everyday life of grape farmers. We are happy to take part in this fun activity every year, and we invite our guests to join in.
Making jam
from the fruit of the season
Making syrup
from raspberry, blackberry, lemon balm, lavender, elderflower, mint, linden flower and locust flower
Making zacusca
Made in a kettle outdoors, according to a traditional recipe
