SC - re:quince fruit

[Elaine Koogler]

If they are, I wouldn't be here....my mother used to make quince preserves.
Also, there are numerous recipes in period sources for them, some going as far
back as Apicius, if memory serves.  I don't know about the seeds, but do know
that it is the flesh that's used for sweets and preserves.

Kiri

Donna Kepner Ford wrote:

> I thought that a quince was poisonous.  Are they a member of the
> nightshade family?
>
> If so, what cooking methods are necessary to render them edible?  Is it
> the seeds that are poisonous rather than the flesh?
>
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