Rosehip syrup

Has anyone tried to make this? 

Not personally but my mother once made it when we were little - it was vile!  When we were children they used to give it out to little ones at the clinic and she was trying to make some for us older ones who still loved it but the homemade stuff just wasn't anything like the ready made stuff.  However I was only small and my tastebuds have probably changed!

Not personally but my mother once made it when we were little - it was vile!  When we were children they used to give it out to little ones at the clinic and she was trying to make some for us older ones who still loved it but the homemade stuff just wasn't anything like the ready made stuff.  However I was only small and my tastebuds have probably changed!

That's what I'm afraid of...taking the time to pick the rosehips and make it only to have the girls turn the noses up at it!  It is such a good source of vitamin C I just thought I would give it a go.  I'm going to go for a walk tomorrow to see if I'm too late for the elderberries.  Perhaps elderberry syrup would go down easier with them.

I made rosehip jam and rosehip tea from the dogroses in our drive this Summer. The jam was so-so. I liked the tea. It was an extraordinary hassle to clean the rosehips, though. You have to cut them in half and scoop out the seeds and the little hairs inside. The little hairs inside apparently have one and only one commercial use: as the main ingredient in gag itching powder. No fooling.

If I remember my recipes rightly, one of the advantages of the syrup is that you don't have to clean them out, because you cook them whole and strain them. I think. So there's that.

Why not try some tea and see if you like the flavor? Cut up three or four small hips, scoop out the inside (you don't have to be too conscientious about it), boil for half an hour, strain. I sweetened mine a little. You can reheat the leftover tea in the microwave.

My mother used to make rosehip jelly in the US. I loved it!