As a little girl I remember my grandfather used to pick them in the fall. Then he was removing the spiky tips and bits of stems,
Oh, we use to make a jam, the best and most painful taste Ive ever experienced. Still seeing them dying slowly mostly next to the road, this year I'm late, but next might dry them for the tea - no spiky tips removal required.
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How do you make the jam?
My mum makes the jam/paste but from the petals. It is a-ma-zing!
Huh? :D
From the petals? How so?:D
After picking, the fruit is dried for a couple of days until it softens, then the lower part is removed (the prickly part where the flower used to be), washed, boiled, mashed.
The way we used to prepare it was painful, you tear off the prickly parts with your fingernails.
But the taste is something that can not be compared with anything.
That's what my grandfather used to do. Can't just chop it off? :P
You pick the petals from the wild roses and just mush them with sugar to a thick paste. Then off to the jar.
It is not eaten on its own. You can add some to tea to make it fragrant or to so jam. Mum normally mixes some with plum jam that she stuffs doughnuts with. It's amazing!
I found recipe in Polish: https://klaudynahebda.pl/konfitura-platkow-rozy-ucierana/
Probably, but we had "I know it all" person in family, and I was just a kiddo, so mercy please.:P
OMG that sounds like something that can be added to the summer fillings. I adore that sophisticated rose taste!🤤
Dammit, I must have this, and I must start making a food bucket list.
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