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Tag Archives: quince
Experiments with Tibicos (Water Kefir)
When my friend Rose Marie first asked me what I knew about water kefir, I was baffled. Water kefir, she explained, was a culture for a bubbly beverage made from water, not milk, in the form of “grains” that resemble … Continue reading
Posted in Books and blogs, Fermented foods, Fruits, Preserving science
Tagged carbonated drinks, carbonated water, carbonation, fruit syrups, honey, pop, quince, soda, syrup, tibi, tibicos, water kefir
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Quince Jelly Candy
Here’s another, rather extravagant way to use the last of the season’s quinces. I devised this recipe because I wanted something similar to quince paste but prettier and more delicate. Quince jelly candy makes a lovely addition to a holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Sweet preserves
Tagged candy, fruit, jelly, preserving, quince, recipe
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How to Core a Quince
Around the seed cavity of a quince is a hard core of flesh that tends to stay hard after cooking. When a recipe requires coring a quince, you’ll want to remove all of this hard flesh. Doing so can be … Continue reading
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Tagged corer, food, fruit, kitchen gadgets, Organic Tool Company, peach pitter, pitting spoon, preserving, quince
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Homemade Grape Molasses
Arrope, mostillo, mostarda, saba, vin cotto, vino cotto, pekmez, petimezi—these words from various lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea all mean the same thing: grape juice boiled down to a thick syrup. Before Arabs introduced cane sugar to Europe, molasses from … Continue reading
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Tagged arrope, Canadice, fig, food, Glenora, grape, molasses, mostarda, mostillo, must, no-sugar-added, pekmez, petimezi, preserves, preserving, quince, recipe, saba, syrup, vin cotto
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Quince in Bloom
Before the blossoms have all fallen, I want to share these pictures of my Pineapple quince trees. Like other quince varieties, they grow no more than fifteen feet high, and each forms an umbrella-like canopy. The trees blossom profusely, with … Continue reading
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Tagged food, fruit, fruit trees, preserving, quince, syrup
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Last of the Quinces
Finally I am running out of quinces. I have two trees, of the variety called Pineapple, and they produce more reliably than any of the apple, pear, plum, and cherry trees in my lowland orchard. So I always give away … Continue reading
