*** Tuesday 31st Daily Chat (back to work - grrrrr) ***

Burlesque_Babe

mmmm.........Delrosa rosehip syrup.........used to love the smell and taste of that as a child.......when my youngest sister was born and she was given it, I was 11 and used to have a crafty swig from the bottle every now and again :rotfl:

Pooky

Make them into wine or syrup Buns.....:D (be warned, they're normally full of earwigs)

scaredy_cat

Bunnyinthelights wrote: »

What do you do with rosehips btw?

you can do rose hip and apple jelly, rose hip syrup, rose hip vodka...

google is your friend!!

Bunnyinthelights

Good point Scaredy, lol

but earwigs? Bluuuuueeeergh

Pooky

Rosehip wine is one of my favourites....I've got 2 kilos of the things in the freezer awaiting the brewing bucket.

The highlight of my day has been putting my jimjams on. :cool:

Bunnyinthelights

I missed the kids dentist appointment today. Whoops.

scaredy_cat

Bunnyinthelights wrote: »

Good point Scaredy, lol

but earwigs? Bluuuuueeeergh

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/rose_hip_jelly_and_jam/

i should think if you put the hips in a bowl of water for 1/2 hr or so, any bugs will emerge.

Bunnyinthelights

I may go back and get a few crabapples and rosehips tomorrow. The blackberries weren't quite ready yet, although there were some we managed to eat along the way...

Pooky

I soak any fruit I pick, overnight in salted water - it's quite grusome what comes floating to the top.....Blughh!

You do find quite a few earwigs trapped in the bigger rosehips too...so it's worth cutting them in half.

It's worth the effort though....honest.

scaredy_cat

if you can find it, a magazine called Country Kitchen usually has some recipes for foraged fruits.