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I've never seen it before. Looks good though.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 8, 2009 at 4:07 PM
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Re: quince bushes elysianfields
The quinces in yesterday's picture grew on trees not bushes. I think I know the kind of quince you have in your garden, it's a
japonica quince . I tried making jam with them, but nobody in the family was particularly keen on jam, so I never bothered again.
posted by
elinjo
on October 7, 2009 at 11:35 PM
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Re: They escaped from cultivation heremany years ago and grow alongside roa
It's like that in western Europe too. If people had more time and less money they would take advantage of all the fruit that is there for the taking; often better and healthier (?) than the expensive supermarket merchandize.
posted by
elinjo
on October 7, 2009 at 11:24 PM
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I have a couple of Quince bushes in my gardens although, I have never used the fruit. I like the bush and flowers and the neat way it trims etc. LOL... I will have to look over these recipes. Imagine that ~ Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on October 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM
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elinjo
I've never eaten it but it looks a bit like a pear apple........
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 7, 2009 at 12:36 PM
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They escaped from cultivation heremany years ago and grow alongside roads
No one cooks them anymore.
Many fruits are no longer grown and cooked because they take so much work for so little yield, such as gooseberries, currants, crabapples, quince, black walnuts. The birds carry or eat the seeds from forgotten survivors, sit on a power line or fence line, and ,voila, instant roadside orchard.
posted by
majroj
on October 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM
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Re: I've heard of quince jelly...
quite honestly I prefer the idea of quince beer to quince jelly; but how do you make it?
posted by
elinjo
on October 7, 2009 at 11:12 AM
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I've heard of quince jelly...
and that you can make beer out of anything...
posted by
Ciel
on October 7, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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We used to have a quince tree in the garden and once made quince jelly, but since no one would touch it, never bothered again!
posted by
Rockingrector_retd
on October 7, 2009 at 9:57 AM
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I have no idea, but hope you find one, they look like garlic so I hope they do taste like an apple
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2009 at 7:12 AM
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When I first saw this picture I thought it was yellow onions...
Quince. Hmm.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 7, 2009 at 6:43 AM
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Re: Shobana
Nice for you to have found a fellow countryman on the site. BBC world has a really good ad for Malaysia, with lots of scenic views etc and the catch-phrase is: Malaysia truly Asia. Thanks for visiting and have a pleasant day.
posted by
elinjo
on October 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM
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Re: yellowrose55
You were right
. Vegetable covers anything from the plant world in that context. Thanks for the comment. I hope you can find some to try.
posted by
elinjo
on October 6, 2009 at 11:29 PM
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Having lived in Spain for 10 years I of course know all about membrillo. It's delicious with any kind of cheese, not only manchego. Only don't take oo much, it's rather sweet and could kill the flavour of the cheese.
On a different note: the Esperanto discussion on brighthub is still going strong. I never got such a reaction to any other of my articles.
posted by
vogue
on October 6, 2009 at 10:47 PM
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Elinjo - this is the first time I've seen this fruit..sorry no recipes for me and guess what?? I found a Malaysian!!! although he was formerly from there and not there anymore, he still qualifies..lol. have a pleasant evening too.
posted by
shobana
on October 6, 2009 at 10:41 PM
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And I guessed vegetable, wrong....fascinating, I'll have to try this fruit out some time.
posted by
yellowrose55
on October 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM
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