SC - cherry-vinegar syrup drink

[Jenn/Yana]

> << So it sounds like mine aren't edible.  >>
> 
> Wrong. If you manage to get fruit, Japanese quinces are as edible as European 
> ones.
>
>Quince makes a more subtle contribution to the summer border with its
>speckled fruit. About the size of Ping-Pong balls, they make fine preserves.
> 
> Ras

     Good news indeed.  And considering the next message (and the size of 
the fruit), I think I know what I have now, and that it *is* edible.

>    I don't know the after effects of eating the "thorned" flowering
>quince, but I suspect it is the variety we have eaten many times in
>the past.  Our favorite use of the quince is to add one to the
>ingredients for Apple pie (sliced up very thin)...we also enjoy adding
>raisins and cranberries.  Not strong period stuff, but sure makes the
>crowd happy.
    Efron le Fey

     I only get a dozen or two quinces (assuming I see them before they 
fall and rot; I have no idea when to pick them), so I may try the apple 
pie route first (I know my apples are edible :-) and save the attempt at 
preserves for next year.  Or maybe I'll get adventurous and try one of 
the other quince recipes and just make a very small batch of whatever.

Sandra Kisner
sjk3 at cornell.edu

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