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Ellisof6 at aol.com
Sat Apr 29 21:04:17 PDT 2000
In a message dated 4/29/00 7:33:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ringofkings at mindspring.com writes:
>
> Whoa! Yeah, tomatoes and eggplants are in the nightshade
> family tree, but quinces certainly are NOT! Entirely different
> botanical branch. They are trees, not herbaceous vegetables.
> They are closely related to apples and pears and are of an origin
> in Asia minor.
They are also the main ingredient in a delicious period(?) sweetmeat called
cotignac. I plan on making some using canned quince paste (as soon as I can
find it), but I am not sure how this will compare to the fresh stuff. So
long as there has not been too much processing or preservatives added, I
think it should work okay.
Balthazar of Blackmoor
Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.
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