How to Harvest and use Rose Hips

[Marianne]

This is the wrong time of the year for this, but here it is.

https://www.thespruce.com/what-are-rose-hips-and-what-do-they-do-1403046

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Maybe I need to grow some roses...

 

[CrealCritter]

What do you do with rose hips?

 

[Hinotori]

I make tea. It's really good.

You can make jelly with them and I might try that.

The wild roses here don't have good tasting hips. So I have to buy dried from a reputable place or pick at Mom's. I've been meaning to find a few good roses to plant for hips.

Cut hips in half and remove the seeds and hairs. Those hairs are nasty in the mouth if you're just eating them. I prefer the wild ones back home after they have froze.

 

[Britesea]

They will be sweeter after a frost, just like so many other foods

 

[Marianne]

During WW2, the Brits made a rose hip syrup that was taken daily for Vit C.
I learned this when I watched a documentary, Wartime Farm, on youtube. I was really surprised at how big their rose hips were. Just huge! Around here, they're dinky.
I also have bought some.

 

[Britesea]

size of the rose hips tends to depend on the variety. I've heard the largest ones are from a rose called "Frau Dagmar Hastrup" (no idea if this was based on a real lady? lol)