Roses, in addition to being ornamental, actually have many edible ways, and these delicious edible methods can also bring benefits to our health and well-being. The most common ones can be made into rose cakes, rose flower cakes, or rose tea.

1, Rose Cake and Rose Flower Cake

Rose cake is a traditional Beijing pastry that requires fresh roses from Miaofeng Mountain. After picking the petals, removing the stem, and washing with clean water, they are pickled and mixed with cooked honey, made into rose filling. Then, using富强 powder dough and fermented dough, the filling is wrapped, flattened, and shaped into round cakes, with the words ‘Rose Fine Cake’ and floral patterns printed on top, and then baked to finish.

2, Rose Jam

Rose jam is also a purely domestic product, and the main raw materials are the Pingyin rose and sugar mentioned earlier. This kind of food started as early as the Ming Dynasty. During the late Qing Dynasty, the rose jam produced in the city of Pingyin by ‘Yongfulou’, ‘ChonghuaLou’, and ‘Zengshenghe’ was sold in the market in addition to being used to make rose-flavored food.

Rose jam can resolve abdominal blood stasis and pain. If eaten regularly, the breath out of the mouth and the pores emit the aroma of rose, which is a natural food. It can be used to make congee, directly infused with water, or mixed with apple strips and coated with batter to fry rose balls. It can treat gastritis, aromatic and open the orifices, treat gynecological diseases, alleviate dysmenorrhea, and can also be used to make rose dumplings and mooncakes during the Spring Festival.

3, Rose Wine

There are two说法 about rose wine, one is that it is produced in Pingyin like rose jam, and started in the Ming Dynasty. The rose wine brewed by ‘Jishenghe’ in the city of Pingyin during the late Qing Dynasty was famous for its delicious and sweet taste. During the Republic of China period, the rose wine produced in Pingyin was awarded the gold medal and certificate of the Leipzig International Exposition in Germany for its pure aroma and sweet taste, and the silver medal and certificate of the Panama International Exposition. Another说法 claims that rose wine is a special product of Yunnan, starting in the Tang Dynasty. However, in fact, there are indeed records of this kind of saying starting from the Ming Dynasty.

4, Rose Tea

Rose tea generally refers to rose bud tea, and the production of this tea is actually very simple, just drying the rose petals into dry flowers and then brewing with boiling water for drinking. This drinking method has been around since ancient times, and many countries around the world also have this kind of custom. Of course, the rose varieties produced in different parts of the world are different, and the rose tea people drink also has some differences.