Blue bowl with rose petals and sugar Making a batch of Rose petal jam 🌹 emptied my tin of dried roses which I generally use for making rose beads.... I added a handful of rose geranium leaves from the greenhouse ... (and yes, they are grown organically, & both rose petals and scented geranium are delightfully edible)! 🌹 ground some dried Jackfruit for part of the sweetening, and will use organic sugar and a bit of honey for the balance. 🌹 weighed the dried petals before and after rinsing and then pouring boiling water over them, & let steep for 5 minutes; then strained, and added about a Tbsp of fresh lemon juice. Similar to making rose beads, a YouTube video suggested something, then resting for several hours, and simmering again! Rose petals contain a good among of pectin, which is wonderful for hydration! 🌹 In their book on optimal hydration 'Quench,' Dana Cohen and Gina Bria wrote, "ancient Persian doctors used rose petal jam especially for the elderly, slipping it under their tongues to release both the high-pectin hydration and the medical effects locked within, in the gentlest possible release. Rose jelly was especially noted to heal mucous membranes, which line our digestive tracts." ( p 142) A healer from Belize recommended using a bit of powered rose petals to staunch a nose bleed - I've used it for years, and it works beautifully! I wonder if a forgotten use of rose petal beads was a way to store the 'petal power' so they could be rehydrated for medicinal use? ... drying and making pastilles or pellets is used with other herbs ... I'm excited to add rose petal jam to my 'Quench' Apothecary, and to try it in my 'Afternoon Delight' along with elderberry syrup i made last fall. I look forward to our roses blooming. Quench - Dana Cohen MD, & anthropologist Gina Bria #quenchbook #rosepetaljam #driedroses #therose

Blue glass bowl with Rose petals, rinsed and sprinkled with sugar and dried Jackfruit

Tin painted with pink roses and gold highlights, green border I spoke dried roses and other herbs in these tins

White book cover, with blue, black and read letters QUENCH "8 glasses a day is not the way" Beat fatigue, drop weight & heal your body through the new science of optimum hydration Dana Cohen, MD • Gina Bria, anthropologist

Making a batch of Rose petal jam 🌹
I used dried rose petals, added a handful of rose geranium leaves from the greenhouse ... (and yes, they are grown organically, & both rose petals and scented geranium are delightfully edible)!

#quenchbook #rosepetaljam #driedroses #therose