Do you know the situation when, after the holiday, all the vases are filled with roses, the petals of the flowers begin to crumble in a few days, and it's a shame to throw it away? But the rose, in addition to being a very beautiful plant, is also very useful. In addition to essential oils, rose petals contain microelements that have a healing effect. That is why extract or extract from pink petals are a component of many cosmetics. So, you have the rose petals. The application is easy to find: if you want to use them immediately, arrange a small holiday and take a bath with rose petals. This procedure will adjust you to a romantic mood and soothe, soften the skin.
How to store rose petals?
If you grow roses in the garden or at your dacha, you must gather the petals. Of course, they can not remain fresh for a long time, therefore it is important to process them correctly. How to preserve the petals of roses, knows or easily guess every woman who has ever been given these wonderful flowers. If you plan to use rose petals a little and you need them fresh, put them in small portions in dry, clean bags and store in the refrigerator on the shelf for vegetables. If you need rose petals for making food and drinks, chop them and sprinkle with sugar, add the mixture to dry jars and store in a refrigerator. If there were a lot of roses and you need petals from time to time, you can simply dry them. To do this, scatter the petals on clean paper or cloth in a dry, ventilated room, where little light penetrates. Pour the dried petals into a linen bag.
About cooking and not only
Recipes from rose petals were known to our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, but in the south, where roses are larger, these recipes are more popular. For culinary needs, the petals should be carefully separated: neither sepals, nor stamens should get to them. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind when mentioning recipes from the petals of roses is jam. Jam is prepared quite simply: from the water and sugar is brewed syrup, which adds petals. Brew it for a long time you do not need - 20 minutes on a slow fire will be enough. You can simply rub the rose petals with sugar and citric acid (very little!) And store in the refrigerator. Jam comes well with tea instead of honey or sugar, and with baked petals bake cookies, rolls, prepare creams and desserts.
You can prepare and useful drinks, for example, tea from the petals of roses. However, if you just pour the petals with boiling water, it will not taste good. The best option is to add fresh or dried petals to herbal blends or ordinary tea, black or green. For lovers of tinctures and cocktails, too, there are wonderful recipes from rose petals. Rose petals (about 400 g) must be crushed and covered with 100 g of sugar. Rinse this mass until the juice is separated and put into a 3 l jar. Add 750 ml of alcohol and top up with water. Next - the most difficult: wait 40 days. Tincture has to be filtered, it can be used as an independent drink, and cook on its basis cocktails.
Be as beautiful as a rose
Popular among women of all ages are masks from rose petals - they improve the complexion, rejuvenate the skin, heal microcracks. For cosmetic purposes only fresh rose petals are used. For face and décolleté zone, the mask is prepared in 2 stages. First, a handful of petals are ground and poured into 30 ml of vodka and a glass of mineral water without gas. The mixture is insisted for half an hour, then carefully filtered. The resulting water can be used instead of lotion, or you can add oat flakes to it. The resulting mask of rose petals is applied to clean skin for 10-15 minutes, then washed off with warm water. It does not matter how you use rose petals. The application of this wonderful component will give you joy and a good mood for a long time.