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vgqnToday I made:
Rose jam, phase 1 (mash rose petals and sugar together, leave overnight)
Rose honey (steep rose petals in warm honey, strain)
Rose butter ('simmer' rose petals in melted butter, strain)
Rose vodka (steep rose petals in vodka, the first of 3 steepings)
The remaining petals I'm letting dry for use in a moist potpourri, a strange concoction I've always wanted to try. It involves layering partially dried rose petals with salt and pressing them with a weight. It takes a while to make but is reputed to last for years.
It's fun to play with the rose petals now that I no longer feel obliged to make jelly with them.
Today's petals featured Mr. Lincoln, Double Delight, Gertrude Jekyll, Sharifa Asma, Magna Charta, Miriam Wilkins, Rose de Rescht, Evelyn, and Comte de Chambord. Many earwigs were harmed in the harvesting of these petals.
Rose jam, phase 1 (mash rose petals and sugar together, leave overnight)
Rose honey (steep rose petals in warm honey, strain)
Rose butter ('simmer' rose petals in melted butter, strain)
Rose vodka (steep rose petals in vodka, the first of 3 steepings)
The remaining petals I'm letting dry for use in a moist potpourri, a strange concoction I've always wanted to try. It involves layering partially dried rose petals with salt and pressing them with a weight. It takes a while to make but is reputed to last for years.
It's fun to play with the rose petals now that I no longer feel obliged to make jelly with them.
Today's petals featured Mr. Lincoln, Double Delight, Gertrude Jekyll, Sharifa Asma, Magna Charta, Miriam Wilkins, Rose de Rescht, Evelyn, and Comte de Chambord. Many earwigs were harmed in the harvesting of these petals.
