Rosehips

[hedgerow]

Hello everybody
this is my first post and I have read about rosehip syrup from photos I have seen on google they look similar to what when I was younger people refered to as itching powder maybe because of the white hairy seed inside. Could anyone please tell me if these are the same things.

sorry I don't know how to add a picture yet so can't add one

 

[locum76]

yes, the hairy seedy bits from inside rosehips can be used to make a sort of itching powder and a lovely syrup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip

 

[hedgerow]

thanks for the quick reply will try making some soon then as there are plenty near me

 

[ocean1975]

you can also make a tea from rose hips just make sure you remove all the hairy seeds first,good sorce of vit c.

 

[durulz]

Give them a clean, remove the seends and chop them up and add them to your bannock. Taste a bit orangey/citrusy. A very strong flavour.

 

[xylaria]

All rosehips around here have fermented on the bush by now, and are sort of past eating.

They can boiled and past through a cloth a few time to remove the hairs, it is less fiddly than trying the de-seed them. Look up nipponsoppa thats really nice .

 

[chickenofthewoods]

I love this translated page with a recipe for it. Dog soup, apparently!

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...search?q=nyponsoppa&hl=en&rlz=1W1RNWE_en&sa=X





(Rosa canina - 'Dog Rose', geddit?)

 

[Melonfish]

rosehips are great but they're best picked directly after the first frost in autumn, this is when they're sweetest. rosehip tea, jelly's etc all good stuff. but as xylaria said they're way past best before now (sadly)
this coming autumn is your best time to grab em.
pete

 

[Bushwhacker]

Slap in a bit of gelatine mixed with cold water with the syrup and put it in a jar - it makes a lovely jelly to go on your toast.

 

[xylaria]

I love this translated page with a recipe for it. Dog soup, apparently!

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...search?q=nyponsoppa&hl=en&rlz=1W1RNWE_en&sa=X


(Rosa canina - 'Dog Rose', geddit?)

I often take a kilo of dried dog, and simmer it to remove the hairs.

Here the thread for nyponsoppa

 

[wicca]

Hedgerow, during the war Rosehips were one of the main sources of vitamin C. They were made into Rosehip Syrup and given to babies and the very young. Oranges, previously the main common source of vitamin C had to be imported of course, and were rare and expensive in ships and lives lost in the convoys. My Mum and the other Gypsy women were paid to collect Rosehips in season and I seem to remember her telling me they were bought by the wartime Ministry of Supply or some similar organisation.

 

[Toddy]

They were indeed

Did you know that the higher North the rosehips grow, well, at least that the bush started to grow, the higher the Vitamin C content ?

It's a footer of a job making vitaminC rich syrup without losing the vitamins. However, this year I tried the layers method and the syrup is lovely
Basically just layer topped and tailed rosehips in a big jar, cover with sugar, lay down another layer, cover with sugar.......and so on until the jar is about three quarters full. Let it sit for three or four weeks and the sugar pulls the juices out of the rosehips. Strain through a sieve and then through muslin to remove any hairs that might have escaped, and bottle the syrup
Excellent diluted in hot water, good with a hot toddy, excellent on ice cream or pancakes

This method 'might' work with the withered ones that are still about on the bushes, especially if they are washed off with very hot water and given a good shake first.

Anyone know how to work out the VitaminC content though ?


cheers,
Toddy

 

[hedgerow]

Thanks for all the replies I cant wait to go foraging for the first time.