SC - Re: SC: Quince fruit

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

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.