[Sca-cooks] Rose Petals/Rose Sugar

[Barbara Benson]

Greetings,

It seems that everytime I try to do something simple it turns around and
bites me in the butt. I am working on a redaction and it calls for rose
sugar. I have found a recipie on how to make it in the FloriThingie(tm) but
it requires fresh rose petals.

Now I have tried to find both rose sugar and rose petals to purchase and can
find neither! Does anyone have any resources for said ingredients? Does
anyone have any suggestions on how to make an acceptable substitute?

I considered taking dried petals and soaking them in rose water for a bit to
reconstitute and then trying the period recipie. I also considered taking
rose water and heating it up & adding a large amount of sugar to it (super
saturating) and allowing it to recrystalize. But never having tasted real
rose sugar I do not have anything to compare to!

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Glad Tidings,
Serena da Riva