Eating Rose Petals: What You Should Pay Attention To and Further Information

How to eat rose petals

When consuming rose petals, it is important to use the right type of rose that is both edible and edible. These include wild roses, David Austin roses, Damask roses, and centifolia roses. In addition, the flowers should not have been sprayed under any circumstances.

• When using rose petals in dishes, you should not use rose petals that are too fragrant.
• Otherwise, this could have a negative effect on the taste of the food and not complement it, but mask it.
• For example, the varieties “Rose de Resht” or “Reine de Violettes” are suitable for syrup, jam, jelly, and punch.
• Other David Austin roses also have a pleasant and rather unobtrusive taste that is very suitable for use in the kitchen.
• Poultry, fish, and salads can also be refined very well with rose salt. To make the salt, finely grind dried flower petals and mix them with sea salt in a screw-top jar.

The healing properties of rose petals

Rose blossoms can not only be particularly tasty in food but also have healing effects. In the form of rose honey or tea, they unfold their health-promoting powers particularly well.

• Rose petals are said to be both antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory. This makes them suitable for menstrual problems, but also for inflammation in the throat and pharynx.
• If you want to make rose blossom tea for these symptoms, rose blossoms of the floribunda rose varieties ‘Friesia’, ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’ or the hybrid tea ‘Erotica’ with a light strawberry flavor are particularly suitable.
• For the tea, harvest a fully bloomed rose and bring water to a boil. Before pouring in the rose petals, allow the water to cool for five minutes. Then pour the flowers and close the lid of the teapot so that the essential oils do not evaporate. Let the tea steep for five to ten minutes. Then sift the flowers through a sieve.
• Rose honey can help you with itching caused by insect bites or swelling of the eyelids. The anti-inflammatory effect of the rose meets the antibacterial effect of the honey.
• To make rose honey, cut the rose petals into small pieces and place them in a screw-top jar. Mix the whole thing with honey in a ratio of 3 to 1 and stir well. Close the jar and leave it at room temperature for about three to four weeks. Then sift out the rose petals and keep the honey dry.