Wild Rose Hips

Description

3/4 oz Dried whole Wild Rose Hips for a wild flare to your infusions, herbals, tea, etc. Used for many reasons and in many ways, the local foraged wild stuff is always the healthiest. Rose hips are commonly used in herbal tea, often blended with hibiscus. An oil is also extracted from the seeds. Rose hip soup, known as nyponsoppa in Swedish, is especially popular in Sweden. Rhodomel, a type of mead, is made with rose hips. Pálinka, the traditional Hungarian fruit brandy popular in Austro-Hungarian countries is made with Rose hips. They are also the central ingredient of cockta, the fruity-tasting national soft drink of Slovenia. Dried rose hips are used for crafts and fragrance purposes. The Inupiat mix rose hips with wild redcurrant and highbush cranberries and boil them into a syrup.