[Sca-cooks] Medlars

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> I'm tempted to get a medlar tree, but the whole bletting thing (letting
> the fruit rot slightly to make it edible) sounds awkward and its
> occasional nickname ("open-arse fruit") is rather unappealing.

Medlars were considered a delicacy, but the visual of the blossom end of
the fruit certainly explains why they were called open-arse.

Frankly, as soon as I can get away with it, I'm going to buy my mom a
medlar tree...

-- Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
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