{"id":64908,"key":"Rosehip","title":"Rosehip","latest":{"id":1208098,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T23:31:57Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Rosehipsonbush.png|thumb]]\n\n'''Rosehip''', also spelled rose hip or rose-hip, and also known as rose haw or rose hep, is a fruit from the rose plant. Rosehips require pollination of the rose bush flowers. The rosehip ripens from later summer into autumn.<ref name=\"wp\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip</ref>\n\nRosehips have a higher level of vitamin C than citrus fruit.<ref name=\"Vermont\">http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/rosehips.html</ref>\n\nMost rosehips come from the wild or old-fashioned roses. The rosehips will turn bright red after being left on the rosebush for the first frost.<ref name=\"Vermont\" /> They become softer with the first frost, which is desirable.\n\n== Culinary use of rosehips ==\n\nRosehips have many culinary uses, both when fresh and when dried. One typical example of using roesehips is to make rosehip jelly or jam. Other uses for rosehips in a culinary way include rosehip soup, inside fruit pies, as puree, and as a syrup or sauce.<ref name=\"Vermont\" />\n\nRosehips are also useful in beverages, including rosehip tea, rosehip wine and rosehip summer drinks.\n\nIf eaten raw, care must be taken to avoid the hairs inside the fruit, as these are itchy.\n\nTo prepare rosehips for cooking or eating:<ref name=\"Vermont\" /> Trim the blossom and stem ends off using a knife or scissors. Cut the rosehip in half down its length and use a small spoon to remove both hairs and seeds inside the rosehip. Discard of these and rinse the fruit.\n\n'''Caution''': Rosehips should only be consumed from safe sources. If you don't know whether or not a rose bush has had food-safe pesticide applied to it, do not use the rosehips. As long as you're certain the rosebush is either organic or has only been treated with food-safe pesticide, then the rosehips can be used. Note also that not all rosehips are good to eat; your taste buds will tell you.\n\n== Drying rosehips ==\n\nPrepare the rosehips as outlined above. Set out in single layers in a dehydrator or place on a screen and place in the oven to dry at its lowest setting.<ref name=\"Vermont\" /> The rosehips can also be dried on mesh screens in a dark and dry place with adequate airflow.\n\nOnce dried thoroughly, store in airtight containers until needed. Keep them in cool and dark storage.\n\n== Other uses for rosehips ==\n\nRosehips can be used in nature crafts, such as for decorating a craft item, adding to potpourris, used as a fragrance or added to wreaths.\n\nMedicinal uses needs to be covered, with appropriate referencing. For example, rosehip may have a role to play in reducing blood pressure, cholesterol and improvement of heart health in the obese - see U Anderson. ''Effects of rose hip intake on risk markers of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a randomized, double-blind, cross-over investigation in obese persons.'' European Journal of Clinical Nutrition advance online publication 14 December 2011; doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.203. http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ejcn2011203a.html\n\n== Sources and citations ==\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Berries]]\n[[Category:Fruits]]"}