[Sca-cooks] quince question - BLETTING!

[Nancy]

Actually, quinces can be used before rotting.  I have worked with both flowering quince (Chaenomeles) and fruiting quince (Cydonia) and the fruits were not "bletted;" when I bought them at the grocery store they weren't bletted either.  As to one small quince....probably best to use for the pectin to set other types of fruit jellies/jams.  Or you can look around your neighborhood to see if anyone else has any and combine them.  

Nancy Kiel
nancy_kiel at hotmail.com
Never tease a weasel!
This is very good advice.
For the weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice.

> From: chimene at ravensgard.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:11:59 -0800
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] quince question - BLETTING!
> 
> well fiddle-de-de-de!  retting is for linen, BLETTING is for "rotting-ripe"! o-watta-goos-iyam! came to me as I was washing dishes.
> thx,ch
> 
> On Nov 15, 2015, at 4:30 PM, Patricia Dunham <chimene at ravensgard.org> wrote:
> 
> > We were amazed to find an actual quince fruit on our decorative flowering quince in the middle of the summer!
> > 
> > I know (theoretically) that quinces are among those fruit that ripen by the rather weird process called "retting", which involves ALMOST letting the fruit rot! 
> > 
> > Can anyone advise about how to identify the magical moment between ret and rot, and what one might usefully be able to do with ONE small quince (let's see, it's now at 74g or 2 & 5/8 oz; about an inch-and-a-half to 2 inches diameter). The surface is slowly wrinkling up, feels sort of waxy to the touch, smells wonderful, of course, is completely dry at this point. It's been in the house at least a month, I have it in a small glass dessert cup, in a wire hanging basket, so it's getting good air circulation, but won't drip liquid on anything, if it goes squishy without my noticing.
> > 
> > Any info gladly received, THANKS!
> > 
> > Chimene in Adiantum
> 
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