Thursday, September 20, 2012

Rose Hips

We have a bumper crop of rosehips this year, with most plants baring dozens or more.  Usually we only get 3-5 rosehips per bush.  It makes for much easier picking.
Rosehips, rinsed and ready to boil.

Straining the juice.

I've got over 4 pints of syrop already! 

We really found the syrop was great to fight off colds last winter (loaded with vitamin C).  So there you have it- feed a cold PANCAKES!
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  1. Sue FrelickSeptember 20, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    Hi, Wendy. Do you remove the seeds first before cooking the rose hips? I've only had them fresh off the bush as a treat and I've been told not to eat the seeds, only the flesh. I was curious how to prepare them cooked.

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    1. WendySeptember 20, 2012 at 8:49 AM

      No, I don't actually use the rosehips, just the juice and water. If you follow the link, the instructions are there. I had another recipe to make cooked rosehip pulp, similar to a potato dish, but it seemed too labour intensive to remove all the seeds, so I never tried it. Most years I wouldn't be able to get enough rosehips to try it anyway. More recipes here
      http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blrosehips.htm

      I've never eaten them raw, so I'll have to try that. The seeds are hairy, and supposedly will irritate your throat.

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    2. Sue FrelickSeptember 21, 2012 at 12:34 PM

      I missed the link the first time. I'm glad you pointed it out again.

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    3. WendySeptember 22, 2012 at 10:48 AM

      No worries. I actually changed the link colours so they show up better now.

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  2. LindaSeptember 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    Wendy,
    I have never seen a rose hip. I keep watching for them everywhere. My roses have no hips at all. Does the Vitamin C remain after all the cooking? Thanks for that link and infomation. Hips certainly are pretty on the rose bush.

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    1. WendySeptember 20, 2012 at 11:02 AM

      Linda, google it and you'll find a plethora of answers, ranging from up to 2500mg of vitamin c per hip, compared to 50mg in an orange, traditional uses in herbal medicine, anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatories, etc. I did find one site that claims the vitamin c is destroyed in processing, but no source.

      I know we had a much easier/quicker round of colds last year just by eating pancakes with rose hip syrop when we started getting sick.

      We eat very little non-processed fruits and veggies through our long, cold winters, and none of it organic. If vitamin c is destroyed during processing, we should have died years ago.

      You should take pictures of your roses and do a post. I still think that's weird.

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  3. LeighSeptember 22, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    Your rose hips are spectacular. We have wild roses here with tiny, bitter hips, so I planted some rugosas. I picked a bunch and set they out to dry, but the pantry moths devoured them. Very disappointing. I love the idea of syrop.

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  4. WendySeptember 24, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    Thank you. They aren't this big or plentiful most years, but they are sweet! Sorry about the moths!

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