Quince?

[Makafat]

Can any body tell me how you get dis ting ready fi eat?
The name quince sounded so ancient; so I saw it in a Korean market, and decided that I would try it; but I could not find anybody in the store, who spoke english well enough, to tell me how to go about eating it.
It look like a cross between apple, and pear, and it is yellow.
One woman tell mi seh, fi cut off one little piece an use it as seasoning; but I thought it was a fruit.
If yu have a receipe let mi hear from yu.
Thanks, Makafat. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[grandma2]

Re: Quince?

see a link here Makafat, mi see dem all de time but neva buy it

http://cres.anu.edu.au/~mccomas/quince.html

[Makafat]

Re: Quince?

Grandma2, thank you for directing me to that hepful site on quince.

[unamato]

Re: Quince?

I don't know if you know this already but Quince cannot be eaten raw you have to cook it

[evanovitch]

Re: Quince?

sometime last year, i asked in GD what this was...i had seen it and bought it thinking it was a guava...as a gawd, it look like some guava mi use fi eat...di big one dem, wid di soft skin and di pink inside...of course i just went by the outward appearance...imagine my surprise when mi cut it...an di damn sinting dem was 3.99 a lb so u know how mi did bex [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[grandma2]

Re: Quince?

DWL evan yu just kill mi to hell [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Jamaicamiss]

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There is nothing more delicious than quince jelly. I am saving 2 jars of it that Mom made. She passed away in May 2003. When we were kids we had a tree in our back yard and we would tell our visitors that it was really gooood. They would bite into it, pucker up and spit it out. The fuzzy outside didn't help any either. Then we would run away from them because they wanted to hit us hard. Did that many a time.

[evanovitch]

Re: Quince?

Originally posted by grandma2:
[qb] DWL evan yu just kill mi to hell [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/qb]

me a tell u di gawd troot...mi did put out a post fi di smaddy whe name boru sinting or odda whe post eena GD an seh him a hispanic...mi eena di Walmart wid di supamarkit an mi see di sinting dem...tell di troot...u know di guava dem whe mi mean...not di perfectly round, green hard skin one dem...di bigger, outa shape, soff skin wid di really pink inside...aw Grandma, when u live whe mi live, anytime u see anyting whe look like sinting from yaad, u grab it fuss an ax question lata....some time u lucky, sometime is like dashing u money tru di carwinda as u drive [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[WitchyOoman]

Re: Quince?

Ah, yes... the quince.

Everybody in the Oranges (Essex County, NJ) has quince trees, and, in season (August), they're no more than unwanted garbage that draws the unwanted wildlife! Nobody here has the time, nor the inclination, to do hme canning anymore. Even I don't other all that much.

You must cook quince; it is not edible raw. It's rather a super-super-sour-green-apple-like taste. (not quite, but that's the best verbal description one can give to those who've yet to taste it)

Most folks make jelly or jam pr preserves of qunce. Some make wine. Others make a thick sauce - rather a cross in texture between cooked fruit slices and preserves - which is good with pork, red meats, and chicken. You can make pies and turnovers and such with it (quince filling).

In any event, it must be thoroughly cooked down to mash-consistency, and it must be cooked with plenty of sugar (or other sweetner).

You can cook it sliced, chunked, or mashed (like apple sauce).

It's quite taty, and different from apple.

They're hard (ROCK-hard!) even when ripe. Most people 'rpound these parts use a baseball bat to knock the quinces from the tree branches -- and it doesn't do a lick of damage, either! DO NOT stand underneath a quince tree when they're ripe, coz if one or two fall on your head, you CAN get injured!! (NO joke)