Quinces!

[Mylovelyhorse]

I've just been given a load of quinces, on Freecycle!

Lovely lovely things. They're sitting in the kitchen, smelling divine. And on Sunday I shall convert most of them into quince jam, saving one or two to be poached and eaten as a pudding...

Mmmm!

[Millymollymandy]

Don't envy you the chopping up though but enjoy the finished product.

[Green Aura]

Yummy, I love quinces.

Apparently they grow up here quite well. We bought two tiny plants earlier this year, so are hoping for good things - in about 10 years

[Thomzo]

My tree has it's second quince ever this year. I must pick it this weekend. Oh what to do with one quince???? They go well with medlar so maybe add it into the medlar whatever. Does anybody know if I can store it like an apple while the medlars blet?

Cheers
Zoe

[red]

My tree has it's second quince ever this year. I must pick it this weekend. Oh what to do with one quince???? They go well with medlar so maybe add it into the medlar whatever. Does anybody know if I can store it like an apple while the medlars blet?

Cheers
Zoe

I've heard of adding just one quince to an otherwise apple pie, to lend it something special flavour-wise.

i'm jealous as we put in a quince tree 3 years ago, and only afterward found out that they do really badly here, and the tree is sickly looking and barely hanging on.

[Carltonian Man]

one or two to be poached and eaten as a pudding...

Mmmm!

Poached... mmm sounds very interesting mlh, we've only ever made jelly with them. Please can you share how you serve them etc.

Martin

[Cligereen]

As Red said, use them in pies. As a child we had a huge and very productive quince tree in the garden. We'd use them in quince and apple pies (about 50:50) The taste was magnificent. We also used to use them as room fresheners. A couple of ripe quines in each room gave off the most fantastic smell.

We've moved now and don't have any quince trees unfortunately. If I could find one, I'd plant it in a heartbeat.