Re: Question about Chaenomeles
- Subject: Re: [SG] Question about Chaenomeles
- From: S*
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 10:11:43 -0400
Hmmm.....I seem to be in the minority here! I wonder if this is one of
those foods like cilantro, where some people love it, and to others it
tastes like soap. The one time I tried quince, it had definite unpleasant
undertones. I suppose it could have been that particular batch of quinces,
but the specialty orchard I got it from consistently has well-grown fruit.
I need to go buy some jam and see if I've been unnecessarily harboring a
prejudice for years. Thanks to all for the good discussion.
Sue
Sugarchile@earthlink.net
Zone 6, south-central PA
was ScarletSage@att.net
>
> > Sue,
> >
> > Your point about depression-era food is well taken, but that's not the
> > association I have with quince jam. I've loved it and eaten it for
years,
> > and a couple of years ago in Switzerland we had it for breakfast every
> > morning, with lots of fresh butter and the Swiss version of croissants,
> > and I was quite content. I don't think there is a more interesting jam
out
> > there, although boysenberry comes close. Now mind you, I am talking
about
> > JAM, not jelly.
> >
> > Well, that does it. I'm going to plant Cydonia. :-)
> >
>
>
> Oh, do. There is nothing on this earth nicer than the smell of ripe
> quinces.
> Quince jam, quince jelly, quince paste, and even quince pie,
> are all so wonderful that I cannot describe them.
>
> I have an immense flowering quince in my front yard: it makes two
> or three hard little fruit a year, and they are nothing like the real
> quince.
> I adore my flowering quince, but I'd be even happier if there was one more
> sunny spot in my yard and I could plant a real quince there.
>
> Lucy Kemnitzer
