[Sca-cooks] Rose hips (was Re: Pears in cream?)

[Susan Fox-Davis]

My mother's rosebushes are all hippy right about now.  They are getting 
redder... I need to snag them before she wises up and prunes them all 
for the winter.

Selene

awench1 at cox.net wrote:

>I would love to know what you do with fresh rose hips.  When is the proper time to pick them, etc.
>
>I've eaten the flesh of dried rosehips.  It is very much like eating fruit leather.
>
>Felicia
>
>>From: Daniel Myers <edouard at medievalcookery.com>
>>Date: 2004/10/06 Wed PM 03:53:54 EDT
>>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>>Subject: [Sca-cooks] Rose hips (was Re: Pears in cream?)
>>
>>
>>On Oct 6, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Terri Morgan wrote:
>>
>>>I'll save the ingredients to
>>>use for dessert for the family and start pulling out my lingonberry 
>>>juice or
>>>Rosehip jam to make a quick dessert for tomorrow.
>>>
>>Speaking of rose hips, I bought some dried ones at Pennsic (just 
>>because they were there) and now I'm wondering what to do with them.  
>>If they were fresh I'd make a tart, but 'tis not the case.
>>
>>Any ideas?  Can I soak them in wine or water or somesuch and use them 
>>as I would fresh rose hips?
>>
>>- Doc
>>