What to do with really good smellin' rose petals? - October 12th, 2006 at 10:00 AM
lol, figured I'd come here and find lots of discussions on potpourri and all, and instead I find a great thread about skinnin' snakies! Yeeeehah!
Anyway, freeze warning tonight so I was out today gathering up everything I figured wouldn't survive and found the last Mr. Lincoln rose bloom, all blown but I could smell it 20 feet away - mmmmmm mmmmmm gooooood! I pulled all the petals off and stuffed 'em in my chest pocket and they smelled so nice while they were there!
Short of taping them under my nose (and I thought about it), what's the best way of enjoying their fragrance for as long as possible? I have a recipe for making beads of rose petals, but I don't have nearly enough at this point. Seems like I've kept them until they've dried before but they always get sour smelling at some point.
Just wondered if you all had better ideas, or recipes for stuff to make out of them - like would soaking them in glycerin make the glycerin smell good?
Anyway, freeze warning tonight so I was out today gathering up everything I figured wouldn't survive and found the last Mr. Lincoln rose bloom, all blown but I could smell it 20 feet away - mmmmmm mmmmmm gooooood! I pulled all the petals off and stuffed 'em in my chest pocket and they smelled so nice while they were there!
Short of taping them under my nose (and I thought about it), what's the best way of enjoying their fragrance for as long as possible? I have a recipe for making beads of rose petals, but I don't have nearly enough at this point. Seems like I've kept them until they've dried before but they always get sour smelling at some point.
Just wondered if you all had better ideas, or recipes for stuff to make out of them - like would soaking them in glycerin make the glycerin smell good?