I was a large increase (long) weekend, enjoy put me in touch with a variety of plants and animals. During a break at a ranger station, I admire the plants, as it seemed, a kind of tomato or red berries growing on the branches had to be. Ranger said, I saw a bush of red roses and fruit produced under the name of rosehip.
"Hip", I cried. I know that supplements in recent years, but have never seen one of flesh and bone hips. I told her hips in a rose after rose petals have died. Almost all varieties of roses produce hips, but the guard told me that Rosa rugosa form a variety of delicious, if you want to eat. Further investigation confirmed that Rosa rugosa is a delicious option shrub roses.
Why eat hips?
Perhaps the best reason to eat or drink a rose given a great source of vitamin C. Studies have shown vitamin C to fight infections, colds / flu, sore throat, fatigue and stress, help to name only some. Hips offer almost 20 times the amount of vitamin C in oranges found.
How I can grow hips?
As I mentioned earlier, there are seams in the consensus Rosa rugosa is to use the best crop to be grown roses. Let the dead flowers on the mountain and hips (resist the temptation to cut a beautiful flower, the more you will produce some of the hips cut) begins to form. You will begin the green and red began, like turning a ripe tomato. Harvested when they become really red, but not for cooking, this. Usually, after the first freeze
Preparation Hips
You can either fresh rose hips vine, dried or canned. Drying hip fruit spreads on a clean surface. Let dry until the skin starts to dry and feels slightly wrinkled. At this point between the two hips numbers and all the seeds and tiny hairs found in the middle. Remember, however, not aluminum pans or utensils as this can damage some vitamin C.
Once the seeds are removed, you can let it dry completely her hips. To Hip planting until completely dry Do not wait or you will have problems with de-seeding.
Store dried hips in a sealed plastic bag. Frozen for long-term use or whether to use the refrigerator for two to three months. The hips can be eaten as semi-sweet snack anytime. You can also make tea and to obtain; I have listed the following two recipes to get you started.
How supplements?
Rose hips are supplements in health food and vitamin stores. For me, the fun in your own hip. If what you want is vitamin C really a whole lot of difference between regular vitamin C and vitamin C with rose hips (other than price, hips cost a little more).
Recipes
If lucky, the roses are in your home, here are some recipes you can try to do:
Hip Tea Recipes
- Place the hip 4-6 (as described above) in a non-aluminum pot
- Add 2 cups cold water
- Let's bring the water to a boil
- Cook for about 30 minutes (less if you like weak tea)
- Strain and add sweetener to taste
Hip Marmalade
- Preparing the above mentioned hip and soaking in cold water for a few hours
- Bring sitz bath in boiling water for about 20 minutes
- Strain the water
- Add one cup of brown sugar or granulated sugar per cup of strained water
- Boil fresh water until thick and sweet
- Add hips and cooked until cook until soft hips
- Pour into jars and seal