Re: Medlar
Whoa, Bob
It isn't often I disagree with you - they were tried soft OK, soft and nasty.
Nothing like apple sauce and Kees [my husband] being Dutch eats apple sauce all
the time :-]
Bob Beer wrote:
> (Trevor wrote:)
> >The term for a 'ripened' medlar is bletted - but wahtever the word >is the
> >fruit still stays the same; like chewing on a ball of damp >felt, and about
> >as tasty.
>
> I wonder if these aren't ripening correctly, or there is a bad variety going
> around? If a medlar is ripe, there is nothing to chew - it's really like
> spiced applesauce, sweet and rich. I just noticed that there were
> "thumbs-down" responses from Australia. Maybe the climate doesn't suit
> their proper development?
>
> bob
>
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