SC - Cuskynole Codgers
LrdRas
LrdRas at aol.com
Mon Jan 19 09:17:11 PST 1998
In a message dated 1/19/98 8:55:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
alysk at ix.netcom.com writes:
<< I had
run across a number of marmelades made with fruit _other_ than quinces,
though those were in the late 1600s. So, somewhere along the way, the
main ingredient changed. >>
According to Waverly Root, the decline in the use of quinces as a food item
occured at the same time cane sugar became more widely available. It seems
that with the acguisition of a sweet tooth the sour quince went to the
wayside.
Ras
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