{"id":386,"date":"2020-09-24T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2020-09-24T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:56:40","slug":"rosehip-syrup-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/2020\/09\/24\/rosehip-syrup-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosehip Syrup Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-387 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips-e1600954013970-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosehips, freshly foraged, heads and stalks trimmed off, washed<\/li>\n<li>Sugar, granulated or caster (or whatever is in your cupboard)<\/li>\n<li>Jar (sterilised)<\/li>\n<li>Equipment (pot, boiling water, tongs, spoon, folk, scissors)<\/li>\n<li>Muslin for straining the syrup (and rosehip hairs which irritate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-388\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips2-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/files\/2020\/09\/rosehips2-100x27.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many recipes for rosehip syrup which traditionally involve boiling, straining, and deseeding the rosehips, but this method taken from the Woodland Trust uses the rosehips \u2018raw\u2019 maintaining all the properties of the hip. It is by far the easiest recipe to follow and is great for novice foragers and strangers to the kitchen. It\u2019s truly a sweet delight!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to know you are picking rosehips when out and about, the elongated shape of the rosehip is a giveaway, but it\u2019s always a good idea to get to know your local hedgerows first.\u00a0 Look out for the dog rose bush earlier in the year so you can return to a spot you know will be laden with rosehips.\u00a0 Pick a basket full of hips then wash them at home, removing the furry ends and stalks with a pair of kitchen scissors.\u00a0 Pierce each hip with a fork and layer them in a sterilised jar, in between layers of sugar, sealing the jar when full.\u00a0 Place on a sunny windowsill and watch it turn into syrup.<\/p>\n<p>Turn upside down every few days to let the sugar cover the hips, drawing out the oils and preserving the goodness.\u00a0 After a couple of weeks, or months, strain the syrup into another sterilised jar through a muslin cloth, this is to remove the fine hip \u2018hairs\u2019 which are an irritant. Keep in the fridge, and enjoy drizzled on breakfast cereals, diluted in water, or in a mojito!<\/p>\n<p>Rose in all it forms protects against bacterial infection, helps ease menstrual cramps, has natural sedative properties and can help ease joint pain.\u00a0 The hip is packed full of vitamin C and healing oils that treat inflammation, soothing arthritis and joint pain. It\u2019s iron rich so also great for menstrual cramps, and it\u2019s even good for your heart as it reduces blood pressure and unhealthy cholesterol in the blood.\u00a0 What a tasty bonus!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will need: Rosehips, freshly foraged, heads and stalks trimmed off, washed Sugar, granulated or caster (or whatever is in your cupboard) Jar (sterilised) Equipment (pot, boiling water, tongs, spoon, folk, scissors) Muslin for straining the syrup (and rosehip hairs which irritate) Directions: There are many recipes for rosehip syrup which traditionally involve boiling, straining, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209283,209290,209291],"tags":[209283,209298,209291,209297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}