In my garden, rose hips have been growing, while some roses are still in full bloom. A couple of days ago, I harvested some rose hips for the first time.
It was fascinating to watch their colors changing—from green to yellow, then orange, and eventually red.
The rose hips in the picture blow are from a different variety of rose.
I harvested some of them.
I soaked them in honey.
This morning, my husband and I enjoyed my homemade yogurt topped with honey-soaked rose hip. It tasted mix of sweet and sour.
I have several varieties of roses which produce rose hips, but they are all still young. Once they produce more, I'd love to dry them to make rose hip tea. Rose hips are rich in vitamin C. I've been taking vitamin C from tablets, but I prefer taking it from natural products. I'm already looking forward to next year and wondering how many rose hips my garden will produce.
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Rose hips remind me of my great-grandmother. She said that she loved picking and eating them when she was a child growing up in Idaho.
@Ersatzjello Your comment reminds me of what one of my American friends said long time ago. He said I'm like a typical grandma because I love two things grandmas do: china painting and knitting, lol. Now, I love rose hips!! Oh my gosh, lol. I'm definitely a grandma!!! I'm technically a grandma, though. I'm curious how your great-grandma had them.
My understanding is that she would eat them raw. She said that she got in trouble for doing it, until they learned that they were high in vitamin C, then her mom would let her do it.
However, that's one of the only things that I know about rose hips. It's not something that gets mentioned very often in my experience.
That breakfast yogurt looks delicious!
In Spain, Yumi @yumiyumayume , it is known as 'tapaculos'. What does it mean? It is traditionally used as a remedy against diarrhea.
Good morning @Ersatzjello. It sounds like rose hips aren't popular among people. I'd love to ask about them to my other American friends. Thank you for sharing!
Hiya @fuyuneko Thank you! It was indeed delicious!!
Hi, @druida. I didn't know that rose hips are effective for diarrhea! The information is very interesting! Thank you for sharing!!