Can you eat roses(Can roses be used as food)

The beauty and beauty benefits of roses are well known. Today, roses are not only an ornamental flower, but are also widely used in food, beverages, health products and other fields. Many people mistakenly believe that they can choose roses to make food. However, not all roses are edible.

What kind of roses can you eat?

Generally speaking, edible roses refer to some specialized edible varieties, also called edible roses. These varieties include Pingyin rose, Turkic rose, Kushui rose, etc. These are varieties specially selected through scientific experiments and can be eaten directly by humans. The common rose jam, rose ointment, rose candy, etc. are made from the petals of edible roses.

Can you eat roses(Can roses be used as food)

Double roses – high-quality edible roses

In my country, double-petaled roses are the only roses approved by the state for both medicinal and edible uses (Ministry of Health Announcement No. 3 of 2010 approved double-petaled roses as new resource foods). Double-petaled red roses are different from single-petaled roses in that they have multiple thick petals. Yunnan’s flower cakes use double-petaled roses. The Pingyin rose mentioned above is a type of double rose.

Don’t eat the roses given as gifts

The cut roses that are commonly seen as gifts are not edible. That is a variety of roses (roses) specially used for ornamental purposes. They are only for viewing and cannot be eaten. The ingredients contained in it are slightly different from the edible varieties, and there are some toxic ingredients, so everyone should remember not to eat them casually.

Can you eat roses(Can roses be used as food)

Roses are always associated with love. If you just smell the fragrance of roses and make them into delicacies, you will feel extremely romantic. This is the first time I made rose jam by myself. I didn’t expect it to taste so good.
Roses, please note that they must be edible roses, not the kind found in flower shops. Pick off all the petals and leave out the stamens and calyx.
Rinse all the petals with light salt water and drain them thoroughly. In fact, I don’t wash them in many recipes, but I am really afraid of pesticides, so I wash them anyway. However, pickled foods are most afraid of raw water, which will bring about a series of problems later.
Use a clean towel and kitchen towel to absorb as much moisture as possible
Add soft white sugar and rub the petals thoroughly with your hands so that the petals and sugar are fully in contact. Your hands will be fragrant and shiny, a natural skin care product.
Put it into a clean, oil-free small pot and bring it to a boil. Or because you are afraid of boiling water, let it boil for a while. Put it into the jar while it’s hot and pour a layer of honey on the surface to prevent corrosion.

Can you eat roses(Can roses be used as food)

Cooking tips

1. Making rose jam is different from jam. Generally, it is only pickled and does not need to be boiled because rose jam is based on its aroma, and the aroma will evaporate after cooking. Moreover, rose jam has a large amount of sugar. Generally, jam adds 1/10-1/5 of the sugar, while rose jam adds 1-3 times the sugar. The high amount of sugar is also the reason why it does not go bad easily, so there is no need to boil and sterilize it.
2. But because I was too nervous about pesticides and washed the petals, I came up with a series of unique methods. And it turns out that there is no problem in doing so
3 It can be seen that the proportion of rose petals is very high, so you can still add more sugar. Anyway, the essence of rose jam is basically sugar syrup with rose aroma.
4. It is said that rose sauce should be marinated for more than two months before eating, so I honestly opened it after two months, in order to allow the flavors of roses and sugar to blend better, and to fully release the rose oil.

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