Wild Rose Jelly
Years ago a little old lady (probably my age at the time;) lived next door to my grandma. She had a lovely garden and on one occasion brought over a beautiful jar of Rose-Geranium jelly. The color was wonderful and I remember the yummy smell/taste of flowers on my toast. A few days ago I came across a recipe on line for Wild Rose Jelly. We have lots of wild pink roses on our property so I went foraging today for the fragrant pink (prized) petals. I added some of my red geranium petals as well because they add a lovely hint to the bouquet. Here's the recipe: 1-1/2 cups tightly packed wild rose petals (you could use fragrant domestic rose petals as long as they have not been sprayed/fed with ANY toxic chemicals . If you want to add geranium petals, use about 1 cup rose petals and 1/2 cup geranium petals, tightly packed ... (either way .. the jam will be pink) 2 Tablespoons lemon juice (I used fresh and strained it) 3-1/2 cups sugar ( evil white suga...