My grandma used to take rose hips for her joint aches and pains. She made rose hip syrup one year, late seventies I'm thinking. I do remember picking them after the first frost or so. Here's what you need... 2 cups washed rose hips, use scissors to cut in half if they're hard 1 or 2 cup(s) water depending on how soft the rose hips are. half cup honey dash of lemon juice because I think it preserves the color Boil rose hips and lemon juice gently until the water has reduced by half. If they're not soft, add more water and boil it until they are. Take off the heat. Add the honey and stir. Let it cool to room temperature. Filter through cheese cloth or a fine mesh sieve to remove the hips and hairy seeds. Press to squeeze out all the juice. Repeat. I now use nylon stockings for this second filter. Use right away or refrigerate one to two weeks.
For so long I thought that the wild edibles videos were silly. This is the first one that I've actually watched. I think that its because recently I attended an arborist class here in Utah, and I learned so much about trees plants and everything like that, and I can't help but get excited or interested about all these interesting things that we can do with the plants around us.
awesome! I heard rosehips were easily found in the woods and kept wondering if the berries I saw while hiking were in fact them (interesting that you mention mullein, because I found mullein on that trail too. ) but every time i tried to google how to identify it kept showing the oval variety with noticeable tails and never really showed the branches, leaves, or seeds. Glad to finally confirm it! -- Going to forage some next time I'm out there! 8:30 response: hope to learn more, but I was initially introduced to rosehips via oil for its skin benefits.
The way I make rose hips is I cut them up (same dry or fresh) and put them in some cool/room temp water for at least 4 hours, usually I'll do it overnight, then I will take a fountain soda cup like from McDonalds or something (I save one of those clear plastic ones just for this and use it over and over) and I take a coffee filter and a thin funnel, and put the coffee filter in the cup and lock it in place with the lid then put the funnel tip through the hole in the cup lid and pour in the water, you definitely want to strain it out because there are little pointy hairs all in the rose hips and it sucks, big time, if you swallow those, your throat will be really uncomfortable for the entire day after. I do it this way with cool water and try not to let it steep for more than 8 hours so I can get the maximum vitamin C out of it. It tastes nice and tart if you use the right kind of rose hips, the really big football shaped ones (like 3/4 inch long ones) are the best, they are nice and tart and a little sweet, I'll put like 6 - 8 of them in about 2 cups of water. You can add sugar to it if you like it sweet. I also try to refrigerate it right after if I don't drink it all after straining it, in order to preserve the vitamin C because heat, exposure to oxygen and I think even just the exposure to water degrades vitamin C pretty quickly, but the cold slows down the oxidization or whatever destroys it. Then I also throw the seeds out around border areas around the yard or whatever so they propagate, to keep the dream alive lol, Cheers!
Hi David, I used to live on the coast in Connecticut, near Hammonasset State Park, where I did much field botanizing. Anyhow, in my early years at this, Euell Gibbons was one of my favorite go to people in terms of "eating the weeds" and it was from his books (I believe it was his "Stalking the Healthful Herbs", but alas I have long since lost my copies of all but the "...Asparagus" one...) that I learned about the wonders of Rosa rugosa or the wild seaside rose and its huge and amazing rose hips. If you can find this rose, which does not always "reside" near the shore; sometimes people now plant it inland, though it does naturally thrive near the seaside being salt tolerant, you will find that it is edible right off the stem, once you discard those inedible and unpalatable seeds. In fact rugosa flesh is thick and quite toothsome and provides a rather satisfying mouthful, minus those innards! But it is in the uncooked freezer jam where these rose hips most gloried, at least according to Gibbons. His recipe calls for I cup of prepared rugosa rose hips (i.e de-seeded) plus 1 cup of water blended together with the juice of one fresh lemon, in a blender or food processor. Gradually add 3 cups sugar as the food processor is going. Prepare 1 package of powdered pectin by adding it to a cup of water and boiling it hard for a minute. Add this to rose hip mixture in food processor/blender and blend again completely. This can be stored in sterile jars in the refrigerator for a month or in the freezer for 6 months...I made this recipe in the 70s and it was delightful though quite sweet, and I think in these days of sugar consciousness I would reduce the sugar by at least a half. Cheers! Pam W.
A long time ago i read in a book about rose hips. they were taken off the plant in the winter and sucked on and the outer peel eaten tho not the seeds. I have done this myself with no ill effects with the hairs. Altho i have heard as well that the hairs can irritate your throat . thanks for a great video man.
Dried rose hips can be used like raisins or dried cranberries in a trail mix or baking goods, etc. Take seeds out first, then dry the halves of the hips. It gets sweeter as it dries. Make a sauce of the fresh hips and use it with fish and other meats that could use the contrast in flavors. Use dried hips in salads. Make rose hip soup, hot or cold. Make a drink like lemonade from them.
Great video again, David! I love rosehips. .so good to have around the house in the winter for cold season. I love making suntea with rosehips and wildflower honey. .so yummy. I use teabags or large tea ball for that. :) Have a super Thanksgiving! :)
Thanks for the video. I have some different kinds in my area. I have never picked them for eating, but I have had some for tea. I remember when I was a kid we used to pick them, crush them and put them inside the clothing of other kids to make them itch :) - Martin
Lovely little video you've made. I just started with them today. I made a rustic soup I adapted from a Swedish recipe, by cutting off the notches at the end and chopping each rosehip and heating a couple of cups of them in a litre of water on a low heat without boiling. I crushed them with a fork in the pan as I did so from time to time, and I heated them for about ten minutes, never quite allowing to boil, as the Swedish recipe dictates, then I strained the pans contents through a sieve and I had a lovely, ruddy coloured soup. I added a big spoon of honey to this (I'm diabetic, sugar does not agree with me) and consumed like a soup. Tomorrow I will do the same but make more and store in glass jars. P.S: No problem with hairs I guess either because of the process I used or the very heavy snowfall we had recently.
The wild rose you found is the species Rosa multiflora, introduced in Michigan for soil conservation purposes. Unfortunately its fruit is the smallest and least useful for harvesting. Other species with larger--and tastier--fruit growing wild in Michigan include Rosa rugosa (which blankets the shores of Mackinac Island), Rosa canina (the dog rose), and Rosa rubiginosa (the sweet briar rose).
@@lauriertripp7064 Dont know about you but poison sumac, poison ivy, poison oak, english privet, purplestrife, aint so hot to eat. Now as for kudzu - (vines and leaves all edible) eat all you want and poop it out - just dont propagate any of it.
My Mom used to buy rose hip pills and take as a supplement. Amazing to discover these grow out in the wild. I used to have roses at my last house and never saw any berries on the plants.
David, Thanks so much for sharing. I don't have any recipes or ideas for this. I've always wondered what rose hips looked like and now I know. I see it on the box of herbal tea that I drink.
Man that calyx thing was hilarious my dude. Trying to experiment with baking lately, going to try something with lemon maybe a tart or a bar or something. Funny thing I didnt realize the rosehipes grew on rose bushes. Maybe I’ll try a rosehip jam?
I’ve made a syrup with these before, with added hawthorn, rhubarb, juniper an elderberry amp blackberry. Was delicious with ice cream an didn’t last very long. Also fruit leather. Great for the hiking pack!
When it comes eating rose hips I like the wild multiflora unfortunately some people think it's an invasive plant that must be distorted, I find it only grows wear there is sun light
Just returned from a walk and picked some in Greece! I took some out and threw them a little further away so more will hopefully grow Lets help nature as she helps us🙂
I think I found some dog rose hips growing wild. Juice has more flavor than tea. if you can juice rosehips, blueberries and add ginger would probably be more tasty than just rosehip water.
Rosehip oil is good for skin irritation and minor cuts and scrapes. My Grandmother used to make rosehip oil and used it for diaper rash. Sorry I didn't get her recipe before she passed.
+David's Passage I think she would clean up the hips, cut off both ends, crush up the hips and poor in some oil (like jojoba). Not sure if she simmered this for a few hours or just put it in a jar and let it sit in the pantry for a few weeks to infuse.
There are a few useful vids now on ytb how to make the oil. Love this plant.. They grow like weed in Sweden and I have so many years just neglected this super "berry". Great video btw. Very helpful
Are swamp rose hips desirable to make tea and such? The leaves on the swamp rose are different than the leaves in this video. Can you make or do you have a video about the marsh rose in particular?
Oh I was hoping that you had some recipes. Thanks for the video! I have so many of these and I plan on getting a use for them. How about Hawthorn Berries? Any of those around you? I wonder what to do with those and if any are toxic. Thanks again!
Rose hips make a great jam. Hawthorn is not toxic and is actually quite tasty. If you dry them, they're kinda like dried cranberries. The leaves of hawthorn taste somewhat like apples.
C. Roberts I would make a cup of tea with them, if you like the flavour, wait until next year and then pick them and dry then for storage before the frost. Although rose hips are sweeter after the frost, the ones that are squishy will not keep, if you attempt to dry them they will just rot. As the rose hips in my garden are nowhere near the best, I forage for the rose hips I like and ignore the rest.
Crystal Baker Hi Crystal if you have a large growing space and you want to grow your own rose hips I would wait until autumn, then go round and forage some rose hips in your area. Boil up a little tea with the hips from each bush, keeping back a specimen hip from each variety picked. Once you know your favourites go back to the relevant bush with a pair of secetures. Cut a eight to ten inch piece of the most recent growth at at angle. Back home take the cut end and push it into a potato and leave to stand on a windowsill until the spring. Each cutting should then have a strong root which you can just plant so that the potato is a couple of inches below the ground. Make sure you give your roses three to four feet of growing room and you will find that you have as many rose hips as you want within a few years. I have a large garden and I do like roses, but I find that the roses that I like best to look at, for cutting and for scent are not the ones with the nicest flavour and sized rose hips. Also I like to sit and watch wildlife, so I grow some plants specifically for the bees. I also find that my local hedgerows are teeming with every kind of rose hip, there are two kinds of rose hips that I pick, one is average sized and ruby red and tends to be mushy after the frost. The other is large and orangey coloured a quite fleshy. I just focus on these two, and I maybe pick 5% of the ones that I see and this is enough for my needs for jelly and syrups and I give away 80% of what I make as I have a lot of affluent friends and we are already trying to live simpler lifestyles so a blast from the past at breakfast time is always welcome. Consequently, I personally would not bother to grow a rose just for its rose hips.
Nice video Dave. While not trail appropriate, I do have a recipe involving rose hips you can see on my blog: chorbrew.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/mckinley-park-hip-hop/ I've made a rose hip saisson by adding hips to the last 15 minutes of the sort boil. They give the beer a nice citrus flavor.
My grandma used to take rose hips for her joint aches and pains. She made rose hip syrup one year, late seventies I'm thinking. I do remember picking them after the first frost or so. Here's what you need...
2 cups washed rose hips, use scissors to cut in half if they're hard
1 or 2 cup(s) water depending on how soft the rose hips are.
half cup honey
dash of lemon juice because I think it preserves the color
Boil rose hips and lemon juice gently until the water has reduced by half. If they're not soft, add more water and boil it until they are.
Take off the heat.
Add the honey and stir.
Let it cool to room temperature.
Filter through cheese cloth or a fine mesh sieve to remove the hips and hairy seeds.
Press to squeeze out all the juice.
Repeat. I now use nylon stockings for this second filter.
Use right away or refrigerate one to two weeks.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I'm hoping to utilize these off the trail in the future. :-)
Awesome. Thanks so much. I’ll print and share the tradition. Cheers.
Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful, thank you! I will do this here in an hour or so.
Had some rosehip lemonade at a wedding and I almost favored that over the keg. Hence why I'm here lmao.
I love this stuff
For so long I thought that the wild edibles videos were silly. This is the first one that I've actually watched. I think that its because recently I attended an arborist class here in Utah, and I learned so much about trees plants and everything like that, and I can't help but get excited or interested about all these interesting things that we can do with the plants around us.
I know, right! It's crazy what you can eat that isn't sold in stores. :-)
awesome! I heard rosehips were easily found in the woods and kept wondering if the berries I saw while hiking were in fact them (interesting that you mention mullein, because I found mullein on that trail too. ) but every time i tried to google how to identify it kept showing the oval variety with noticeable tails and never really showed the branches, leaves, or seeds. Glad to finally confirm it! -- Going to forage some next time I'm out there!
8:30 response: hope to learn more, but I was initially introduced to rosehips via oil for its skin benefits.
The way I make rose hips is I cut them up (same dry or fresh) and put them in some cool/room temp water for at least 4 hours, usually I'll do it overnight, then I will take a fountain soda cup like from McDonalds or something (I save one of those clear plastic ones just for this and use it over and over) and I take a coffee filter and a thin funnel, and put the coffee filter in the cup and lock it in place with the lid then put the funnel tip through the hole in the cup lid and pour in the water, you definitely want to strain it out because there are little pointy hairs all in the rose hips and it sucks, big time, if you swallow those, your throat will be really uncomfortable for the entire day after. I do it this way with cool water and try not to let it steep for more than 8 hours so I can get the maximum vitamin C out of it. It tastes nice and tart if you use the right kind of rose hips, the really big football shaped ones (like 3/4 inch long ones) are the best, they are nice and tart and a little sweet, I'll put like 6 - 8 of them in about 2 cups of water. You can add sugar to it if you like it sweet. I also try to refrigerate it right after if I don't drink it all after straining it, in order to preserve the vitamin C because heat, exposure to oxygen and I think even just the exposure to water degrades vitamin C pretty quickly, but the cold slows down the oxidization or whatever destroys it. Then I also throw the seeds out around border areas around the yard or whatever so they propagate, to keep the dream alive lol, Cheers!
Hi David, I used to live on the coast in Connecticut, near Hammonasset State Park, where I did much field botanizing. Anyhow, in my early years at this, Euell Gibbons was one of my favorite go to people in terms of "eating the weeds" and it was from his books (I believe it was his "Stalking the Healthful Herbs", but alas I have long since lost my copies of all but the "...Asparagus" one...) that I learned about the wonders of Rosa rugosa or the wild seaside rose and its huge and amazing rose hips. If you can find this rose, which does not always "reside" near the shore; sometimes people now plant it inland, though it does naturally thrive near the seaside being salt tolerant, you will find that it is edible right off the stem, once you discard those inedible and unpalatable seeds. In fact rugosa flesh is thick and quite toothsome and provides a rather satisfying mouthful, minus those innards! But it is in the uncooked freezer jam where these rose hips most gloried, at least according to Gibbons. His recipe calls for I cup of prepared rugosa rose hips (i.e de-seeded) plus 1 cup of water blended together with the juice of one fresh lemon, in a blender or food processor. Gradually add 3 cups sugar as the food processor is going. Prepare 1 package of powdered pectin by adding it to a cup of water and boiling it hard for a minute. Add this to rose hip mixture in food processor/blender and blend again completely. This can be stored in sterile jars in the refrigerator for a month or in the freezer for 6 months...I made this recipe in the 70s and it was delightful though quite sweet, and I think in these days of sugar consciousness I would reduce the sugar by at least a half.
Cheers!
Pam W.
Thank you for your great comment, Pamela. Yes, back in the day Euell Gibbons was the go-to guy for wild edibles.
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A long time ago i read in a book about rose hips. they were taken off the plant in the winter and sucked on and the outer peel eaten tho not the seeds. I have done this myself with no ill effects with the hairs. Altho i have heard as well that the hairs can irritate your throat . thanks for a great video man.
Thanks! :-)
Dried rose hips can be used like raisins or dried cranberries in a trail mix or baking goods, etc. Take seeds out first, then dry the halves of the hips. It gets sweeter as it dries.
Make a sauce of the fresh hips and use it with fish and other meats that could use the contrast in flavors.
Use dried hips in salads.
Make rose hip soup, hot or cold. Make a drink like lemonade from them.
Thank you for the video. We make rosehip syrup for the winter and rosehip oil for a facial oil
I didn't even know about rose hips until today. And we have rose bushes and wild rose plant in the front yard. This is helpful.
Great video again, David! I love rosehips. .so good to have around the house in the winter for cold season. I love making suntea with rosehips and wildflower honey. .so yummy. I use teabags or large tea ball for that. :) Have a super Thanksgiving! :)
+Esther Frasher Thanks! I think I may be collecting some more for cold season coming up. (sniffle snffle) :-)
Thanks for the video. I have some different kinds in my area. I have never picked them for eating, but I have had some for tea. I remember when I was a kid we used to pick them, crush them and put them inside the clothing of other kids to make them itch :)
- Martin
Remember not to just eat them though :-)
Lovely little video you've made. I just started with them today. I made a rustic soup I adapted from a Swedish recipe, by cutting off the notches at the end and chopping each rosehip and heating a couple of cups of them in a litre of water on a low heat without boiling. I crushed them with a fork in the pan as I did so from time to time, and I heated them for about ten minutes, never quite allowing to boil, as the Swedish recipe dictates, then I strained the pans contents through a sieve and I had a lovely, ruddy coloured soup. I added a big spoon of honey to this (I'm diabetic, sugar does not agree with me) and consumed like a soup. Tomorrow I will do the same but make more and store in glass jars. P.S: No problem with hairs I guess either because of the process I used or the very heavy snowfall we had recently.
The wild rose you found is the species Rosa
multiflora, introduced in Michigan for soil
conservation purposes. Unfortunately its fruit is the smallest and
least useful for harvesting. Other species
with larger--and tastier--fruit growing wild in Michigan include Rosa
rugosa (which blankets the shores of Mackinac Island), Rosa canina
(the dog rose), and Rosa rubiginosa (the
sweet briar rose).
I'm in Ohio but this gives me hope I'll be able to wild forage and collect for my own food forest.
I just find bitter nightshade.
Spread the love. Pick some, use some, and plant some in other places. Same for any other edible plant and herb.
Yes sir :-)
I think identifying and utilizing all species is good but maybe not spreading invasive ones, as tasty as some might be...
@@lauriertripp7064 Dont know about you but poison sumac, poison ivy, poison oak, english privet, purplestrife, aint so hot to eat.
Now as for kudzu - (vines and leaves all edible) eat all you want and poop it out - just dont propagate any of it.
My Mom used to buy rose hip pills and take as a supplement. Amazing to discover these grow out in the wild. I used to have roses at my last house and never saw any berries on the plants.
David, Thanks so much for sharing. I don't have any recipes or ideas for this. I've always wondered what rose hips looked like and now I know. I see it on the box of herbal tea that I drink.
This is just one type of rose hip, so others may look different. Just a heads up :-)
Thank you David appreciate that. I appreciate you and the things you share.
Thumbs up David !ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE
Thanks! :-)
Rubus Trivialis dominates my backyard. I keep it from taking over completely, but we sure do love those dewberries. We make jam with them.
Man that calyx thing was hilarious my dude. Trying to experiment with baking lately, going to try something with lemon maybe a tart or a bar or something. Funny thing I didnt realize the rosehipes grew on rose bushes. Maybe I’ll try a rosehip jam?
I’ve made a syrup with these before, with added hawthorn, rhubarb, juniper an elderberry amp blackberry. Was delicious with ice cream an didn’t last very long. Also fruit leather. Great for the hiking pack!
Great video, David! You explanations are very clear and concise. Thank you! Subbed.
Just squeezing the rosehip and eating the ("pulp") tasted like candy here in Salem, Oregon today.
It should have been obvious in retrospect, but thanks for reminding me about letting the water cool a bit *before* I add the tea haha.
Thanks for sharing now I no how to make rose hip 🍵
Great video thanks for sharing atb john
Thanks John :-)
yeah that's Rosa multiflora, Rosa virginiana has slightly bigger hips but they don't cluster like that
Thanks!!! watching this has reduced my fear of trying Rose Hips.............Thanks
Thank you very informative
I really like your bag.can you tell us where you got it?
When it comes eating rose hips I like the wild multiflora unfortunately some people think it's an invasive plant that must be distorted, I find it only grows wear there is sun light
Wow. Ty! Just found your channel!
Just returned from a walk and picked some in Greece!
I took some out and threw them a little further away so more will hopefully grow
Lets help nature as she helps us🙂
I think I found some dog rose hips growing wild. Juice has more flavor than tea. if you can juice rosehips, blueberries and add ginger would probably be more tasty than just rosehip water.
Rosehip oil is good for skin irritation and minor cuts and scrapes. My Grandmother used to make rosehip oil and used it for diaper rash. Sorry I didn't get her recipe before she passed.
Any idea how she may have rendered the oil?
+David's Passage I think she would clean up the hips, cut off both ends, crush up the hips and poor in some oil (like jojoba). Not sure if she simmered this for a few hours or just put it in a jar and let it sit in the pantry for a few weeks to infuse.
There are a few useful vids now on ytb how to make the oil. Love this plant.. They grow like weed in Sweden and I have so many years just neglected this super "berry".
Great video btw. Very helpful
Concise data!!!
Your so cool buddy
Are swamp rose hips desirable to make tea and such? The leaves on the swamp rose are different than the leaves in this video. Can you make or do you have a video about the marsh rose in particular?
In southern California they start appearing in March
Oh I was hoping that you had some recipes. Thanks for the video! I have so many of these and I plan on getting a use for them. How about Hawthorn Berries? Any of those around you? I wonder what to do with those and if any are toxic. Thanks again!
Rose hips make a great jam. Hawthorn is not toxic and is actually quite tasty. If you dry them, they're kinda like dried cranberries. The leaves of hawthorn taste somewhat like apples.
My Rose hips are fat and juicy like a tomato. Should I try to dry then before making tea?
C. Roberts I would make a cup of tea with them, if you like the flavour, wait until next year and then pick them and dry then for storage before the frost. Although rose hips are sweeter after the frost, the ones that are squishy will not keep, if you attempt to dry them they will just rot. As the rose hips in my garden are nowhere near the best, I forage for the rose hips I like and ignore the rest.
My huge white rose plant has never produced Rose Hips and I've had it for 10+ years, what's with that?
The white rose plant doesn't produce the rosehip. I have noticed its usually Pink rose or other types. We have plenty here up North Europe
What types of seeds can I purchase in order to have my own rose hips ?
Crystal Baker Hi Crystal if you have a large growing space and you want to grow your own rose hips I would wait until autumn, then go round and forage some rose hips in your area. Boil up a little tea with the hips from each bush, keeping back a specimen hip from each variety picked. Once you know your favourites go back to the relevant bush with a pair of secetures. Cut a eight to ten inch piece of the most recent growth at at angle. Back home take the cut end and push it into a potato and leave to stand on a windowsill until the spring. Each cutting should then have a strong root which you can just plant so that the potato is a couple of inches below the ground. Make sure you give your roses three to four feet of growing room and you will find that you have as many rose hips as you want within a few years.
I have a large garden and I do like roses, but I find that the roses that I like best to look at, for cutting and for scent are not the ones with the nicest flavour and sized rose hips. Also I like to sit and watch wildlife, so I grow some plants specifically for the bees.
I also find that my local hedgerows are teeming with every kind of rose hip, there are two kinds of rose hips that I pick, one is average sized and ruby red and tends to be mushy after the frost. The other is large and orangey coloured a quite fleshy. I just focus on these two, and I maybe pick 5% of the ones that I see and this is enough for my needs for jelly and syrups and I give away 80% of what I make as I have a lot of affluent friends and we are already trying to live simpler lifestyles so a blast from the past at breakfast time is always welcome. Consequently, I personally would not bother to grow a rose just for its rose hips.
I'm going to try eating the seeds. Wish me luck.
How did that work out?
Thanks, --- Clark
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Nice video Dave. While not trail appropriate, I do have a recipe involving rose hips you can see on my blog: chorbrew.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/mckinley-park-hip-hop/ I've made a rose hip saisson by adding hips to the last 15 minutes of the sort boil. They give the beer a nice citrus flavor.
I have about 5 acres of rose hips. wonder how much money I could get for them
Can i make a tea out of yah