Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
main course.
The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.

I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.

Anyone else ever used them??

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:09:52 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
>main course.
>The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>
>I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>
>Anyone else ever used them??

I can't help you there but I'm not sure if I thanked you for posting
the egg and green chili casserole link and I lost your post.

It looks really good.

Thank you!

Lou

On Oct 13, 6:09*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
> main course.
> The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>
> I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>
> Anyone else ever used them??

I've only used rose water- that was in Baklava...

ImStillMags wrote:

> Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
> main course.
> The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>
> I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>
> Anyone else ever used them??
>


I have made a simple syrup for use in making rose ice cream but the real
issue is getting organic, certified edible roses. They are rare and
expensive.

However there are instructions for various uses of roses in cooking, in
Escofiers autobiography, he recounts a "Red Dinner" he created for some
gamblers that won a lot of money at Monte Carlo which involved the use
of roses as an ingredient in several of the dishes, some for colouring
some for flavour. Iirc there was a pheasant dressed in rose petals
involved

I have often wondered if various different types of roses would produce
different flavours or variations on a basic rose flavour.
--
JL

Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> Joseph Stifel > wrote:
>
>
>>ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
>>>main course.
>>>The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>>>
>>>I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>>>
>>>Anyone else ever used them??
>>>
>>
>>
>>I have made a simple syrup for use in making rose ice cream but the real
>>issue is getting organic, certified edible roses. They are rare and
>>expensive.
>
>
> Not if you grow your own! :-)
> Many people have rose bushes. I have two climbing blazes and get a
> small fortune in rose petals from them every spring.
>
> The one out in the end of the driveway right now has about a dozen rose
> hips ripening on it right now too.

I used to know a rose aficionado who was also a strict vegan and more
than a bit neurotic about "chemicals" or additives in his food or roses
(which he did not eat) and who was happy to help, me with my experiment
in making rose ice cream. But since his demise i have not found another
source for the roses and recently saw a small jar of a rose paste in a
Halal market, but didn't have my glasses with me and couldn't read the
ingredients list
--
JL

On Oct 13, 10:25*am, Omelet >
>
> I'm considering trying to sprout rosebushes from seeds.
>
>
Unless it's a wild rose variety you will not be successful growing
from seed. Nearly all modern roses are grafted onto sturdy root
stock. They may also be a hybrid.

With the right knowledge you could probably be successful grafting
onto new root stock.

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:14:25 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> I have made rose petal jelly, though, and that was quite tasty.

Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price? I don't
have a rose garden and you don't know what chemicals have been sprayed
on commercial roses.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:11:17 -0700, Joseph Stifel >
wrote:

> I have often wondered if various different types of roses would produce
> different flavours or variations on a basic rose flavour.

I would think so. If they smell different, they should taste
different too.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:39:51 -0700, Joseph Stifel >
wrote:

> But since his demise i have not found another
> source for the roses and recently saw a small jar of a rose paste in a
> Halal market, but didn't have my glasses with me and couldn't read the
> ingredients list

Rose paste? KEWL.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On 13/10/11 12:19, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:14:25 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> > wrote:
>
>> I have made rose petal jelly, though, and that was quite tasty.
>
> Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price?


Chinatown. They sell it for peanuts.

On Oct 13, 2:09*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
> main course.
> The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>
> I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>
> Anyone else ever used them??

There is so little volume in them theyre best used for decoration only
imho. Remove the base of the petal for best flavour. If you dont have
roses, jsut knock on peoples doors and ask.


NT

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:41:05 -0700, Feranija
> wrote:

> On 13/10/11 12:19, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:14:25 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I have made rose petal jelly, though, and that was quite tasty.
> >
> > Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price?
>
>
> Chinatown. They sell it for peanuts.

Cough. I pass.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:28:24 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:14:25 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I have made rose petal jelly, though, and that was quite tasty.
> >
> > Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price? I don't
> > have a rose garden and you don't know what chemicals have been sprayed
> > on commercial roses.
>
> Our rose bushes. :-) We don't spray them.

Lucky you!

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:09:52 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
>main course.
>The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>
>I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>
>Anyone else ever used them??

Flowers can be crystalized... crystalized rose petals are commonly
used for garnish and they are very edible... roses are botanically in
the same family as the apple.
http://www.baking911.com/howto/cryst...owersfruit.htm

On Oct 13, 9:09*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:

>
> I can't help you there but I'm not sure if I thanked you for posting
> the egg and green chili casserole link and I lost your post.
>
> It looks really good.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Lou

You are welcome.....you 'lost the post'?? Do you need the link again?
If so, here tiz.
http://hizzoners.com/recipes/breakfa...een-chili-bake

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:15:58 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
wrote:

> On Oct 13, 11:21*am, Ran e at Arabian Knits >
> wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> >
> > *merryb > wrote:
> > > On Oct 13, 6:09 am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > > > Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
> > > > main course.
> > > > The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
> >
> > > > I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
> >
> > > > Anyone else ever used them??
> >
> > > I've only used rose water- that was in Baklava...
> >
> > * *That's true. *I use rosewater in Arabic desserts.
> >
>
> Do you have a favorite recipe you wouldn't mind posting? I have a
> brand new bottle of rosewater...

I'm interested too.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:41:56 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:15:58 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Oct 13, 11:21*am, Ran e at Arabian Knits >
>> > wrote:
>> > > In article
>> > > >,
>> > >
>> > > *merryb > wrote:
>> > > > On Oct 13, 6:09 am, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> > > > > Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
>> > > > > main course.
>> > > > > The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>> > >
>> > > > > I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>> > >
>> > > > > Anyone else ever used them??
>> > >
>> > > > I've only used rose water- that was in Baklava...
>> > >
>> > > * *That's true. *I use rosewater in Arabic desserts.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Do you have a favorite recipe you wouldn't mind posting? I have a
>> > brand new bottle of rosewater...
>>
>> I'm interested too.
>
>As are we all. <g> I, too, have a bottle of rosewater in the spice
>cabinet and have only ever used it for the rare Baklava!

Dab some in your cleavage and call me, I'll give ya a baklava you'll
never forget.

Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In article
> >,
> ImStillMags > wrote:
>
>> Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
>> main course.
>> The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>>
>> I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>>
>> Anyone else ever used them??
>
> I have a recipe for quails with a rose sauce, but I've never made it.
> I have made rose petal jelly, though, and that was quite tasty.
>

I'd like to cook with rose petals but need to find a good source
of uncontaminated petals. I can find rosebuds, but some are from
China, and the others make no statement about whether they were
grown organically. (And I guess that would only take care of
pesticides and herbicides.)

--
Jean B.

Joseph Stifel wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>
>> Last night on Chopped, red roses were one of the ingredients in the
>> main course.
>> The best thing that was done with them was to make a rose salt.
>>
>> I've only used rose petals in making desserts, never a main course.
>>
>> Anyone else ever used them??
>>
>
>
> I have made a simple syrup for use in making rose ice cream but the real
> issue is getting organic, certified edible roses. They are rare and
> expensive.
>
> However there are instructions for various uses of roses in cooking, in
> Escofiers autobiography, he recounts a "Red Dinner" he created for some
> gamblers that won a lot of money at Monte Carlo which involved the use
> of roses as an ingredient in several of the dishes, some for colouring
> some for flavour. Iirc there was a pheasant dressed in rose petals
> involved
>
> I have often wondered if various different types of roses would produce
> different flavours or variations on a basic rose flavour.
> --
> JL

Exactly. I want to be assured that the roses are meant for
consumption and not laced with chemicals--or effluvia!

--
Jean B.

Feranija wrote:
> On 13/10/11 12:19, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:14:25 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have made rose petal jelly, though, and that was quite tasty.
>>
>> Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price?
>
>
> Chinatown. They sell it for peanuts.

Sure, but who wants to take THAT risk?

--
Jean B.

Jean B wrote:

>>> Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price?
>>
>> Chinatown. They sell it for peanuts.
>
> Sure, but who wants to take THAT risk?

Besides, have you seen what's going to happen to the price of peanuts?

Bob

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:55:58 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>
> I'd like to cook with rose petals but need to find a good source
> of uncontaminated petals. I can find rosebuds, but some are from
> China, and the others make no statement about whether they were
> grown organically. (And I guess that would only take care of
> pesticides and herbicides.)

PS: and not spend a bloody fortune in the process (please leave out
knocking on doors).



--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:36:27 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> Jean B wrote:
>
> >>> Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price?
> >>
> >> Chinatown. They sell it for peanuts.
> >
> > Sure, but who wants to take THAT risk?
>
> Besides, have you seen what's going to happen to the price of peanuts?
>
No. Want to clue us in?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf wrote:

>> Besides, have you seen what's going to happen to the price of peanuts?
>>
> No. Want to clue us in?

It's already been posted here in a different thread.

Bob

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:57:18 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> >> Besides, have you seen what's going to happen to the price of peanuts?
> >>
> > No. Want to clue us in?
>
> It's already been posted here in a different thread.
>
Probably one I killed or otherwise didn't read. <shrug>

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Jean B wrote:
>
>>>> Where did you get the rose petals at an affordable price?
>>> Chinatown. They sell it for peanuts.
>> Sure, but who wants to take THAT risk?
>
> Besides, have you seen what's going to happen to the price of peanuts?
>
> Bob
>
>
Yes. I need to stock up on PB.

--
Jean B.

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:55:58 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> I'd like to cook with rose petals but need to find a good source
>> of uncontaminated petals. I can find rosebuds, but some are from
>> China, and the others make no statement about whether they were
>> grown organically. (And I guess that would only take care of
>> pesticides and herbicides.)
>
> PS: and not spend a bloody fortune in the process (please leave out
> knocking on doors).
>
>
>
That too.

--
Jean B.

Janet wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:55:58 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to cook with rose petals but need to find a good source
>>> of uncontaminated petals.
>
> You've got a garden, why not grow them? Roses should be completely hardy
> in your area. For maximum petals choose one of the double rugosa roses
> like Roseraie de l'Haie (dark pink) or Blanc Double de Couvert (white) and
> you'll get months of heavy flowering, each flower stuffed full of petals.
> Rugosas are so tough they need no special care or attention, certainly no
> sprays etc.
>
> pics here (ignore crazy prices; these should not be expensive plants. I'd
> reckon to pay about £7 UKP per plant locally).
>
> http://www.countrygardenroses.co.uk/products.php?cat=10
>
>
> Janet.
>
>
Ah, well, I suspect I'd not want to cannibalize my plants. (I
have a problem with kaffir lime leaves too.)

--
Jean B.