SC - 90 ingredients Holloptrida translation

[Martina Grasse]

I'll have to try that.  I have a number of antique rose bushes that I just planted
last week, and a couple of them already have black spot.

Kiri

ChannonM at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/4/00 2:02:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:
>
> > Anyway, better safe than sorry. If you're going to eat it, grow your own.
> >  I've been having very good luck controlling aphids and whitefly on my roses
> >  and herbs with bi-weekly applications of lady bugs. Stubborn clumps of
> >  aphids get a shot of pyrethrums. I won't have enough roses this year for
> >  cooking with, but I hope to next year, and I want them to be safe to eat. I
> >  think those Angel Face rose petals would be so pretty sprinkled on a
> >  salat....
> >
> >  Maredudd
>
> Just peeking my head up here.
>
> I have had tremendous success with planting scads of garlic with my roses. I
> have 4 large grandiflora climbers (at least that's what I believe them to be
> after some cursory research). When I first moved here the roses had problems
> with black spot fungus, and the leaves were yellowing, few blossoms etc. I
> have been using blood and bone meal and planted lots of garlic around them.
> One of the bushes was a straggly transplant that I dug (more like tore) out
> of the childrens play area. It had 3 branches on it and was pitiful. In one
> year it grew to 7 feet high and about 10 ft wide with prolific blooms.
>
> It was suggested to me once (can't remember who) to freeze your petals (snip
> off the whites first) and then use them to make a rose syrup for cakes and
> pies (Platina has many references to just such a simple icing ie. Recipe 43
> Date pie "when it is cooked, it should be covered with sugar and rose water."
> ) or use the frozen rose petals to make "rosaries". I have a rose book buried
> in my storage area. If I pull it out, I'll post the recipe for making rosary
> beads and a few others.
>
> Hope everyones well,
> Hauviette
> Hoping to do some candied rose petals before the bloom seasons over
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