Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1912 — Potted Roses. [ARTICLE]

Potted Roses.

There was a time when Englishmen could celebrate St. George’s day by feasting on roses as well as wearing them- Old cookery books abound in recipes into which rose leaves enter. One writer tells how to make potted roses. “I first pound some of the most fragrant roses in a mortar; then I take the brains of birds and pigs well boiled and stripped of every particle of meat I then add the yolks of some eggs, some oil, a little cordial, some pepper and some wine. After having beaten and mixed it well together, I place it over a slow fire. When this dish is brought to table the most delicious fragrance issues forth, covering the guests with delight.” Every good housewife in the seventeenth century made rosewater, which was used for flavoring food.