Comments on: How to Dry & Store Rose Hips for Rose Hip Tea

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:50:44 +0000

To tom sage, one dries them so that they keep for much longer than fresh hips.

By: tom sage

tom sage — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:59:58 +0000

Thanks Eat Weeds – just what I was looking for, ta. Like the bit about wasting time topping and tailing them. My Dad, who is a master of efficiency, wonders why not forget the drying process and put the whole berries into a teapot to produce the same result?

Peashout x

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:25:52 +0000

Thanks for the info, I have a lot of wild roses and wondered what to do with them. Your info was most useful. I think I will try making rose hips jam. Thanks, Kate

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:27:58 +0000

This is just what i was looking for, thanks ..now to find out if I can do the same with Hawthorn berries, nettle and red clover. thats what i can see to pick near me

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:15:36 +0000

Thanks for the detail and yr efforts, it works a treat.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:35:02 +0000

Just wondering if Alberta Wild Rose hips will work as well or are they all the same…less the rose?

By: Betty Dahlstedt

Betty Dahlstedt — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:39:22 +0000

This is a fantastic idea. I have been freezing them and they cooking them as needed. That is a mess.I already have lots in the freezer and decieded to try this. So much easier! And the end result takes so little room. The season is over here. We leave our summer cottage and move back to town this weekend. But armed with this knowledge, I will have lots of rose-hips dried next year. I know this works so much better. No seeds and no hairs!!!!
Thank you.
Betty Dahlstedt

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:38:01 +0000

Hey, I’m from South Wales. Was thinking of making Rosehip wine. You ever tried it?

Many thanks

By: ClaudeArmstrong

ClaudeArmstrong — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:20:15 +0000

Don’t know if you cousins in the UK get piloncillo, panela, or whatever dehydrated cane juice may be called, but using it rather thtan any sugar sure makes for a wonderful tasting rose hip preserve! I’m copying my first ever rose hip marmalade of last summer, with thin-sliced apple, orange, lemon and lime, plus some further zest of the citrus. I may also make a small batch with some of the wild black berries I’m growing in my garden – they are huge!

Thanks for this blog!

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:39:11 +0000

Carys: Yes they need to feel dry and not sticky or soft still. Just keep an eye on them towards the end of the drying process so you don’t burn them.