SC - Quince

[Cindy Renfrow]

>The local Wellspring Grocery had Quince Paste in the cheese department. Are
>quinces an old or new world fruit?  It was a slice of a somewhat jelly like,
>clear preserve. What would you do with quince paste?
>
>Bonne

There is a recipe for Quince Paste in Harleian MS. 4016 ,recipe #182,
"Chared coneys, or chardwardon". The spiced paste is stored in a box strewn
with powdered ginger & cinnamon.  It is used in the recipe for Mawmene
(Harl. MS. 4016, #99), where it is dissolved in wine and used to color &
flavor a sauce for pheasant.  It is also used in Perys en Composte (Harl.
279, #35).

HTH,


Cindy Renfrow
renfrow at skylands.net
Author & Publisher of "Take a Thousand Eggs or More, A Collection of 15th
Century Recipes" and "A Sip Through Time, A Collection of Old Brewing
Recipes"
http://www.alcasoft.com/renfrow/


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