[Sca-cooks] quince question - BLETTING!

[David Friedman]

I don't suppose you have a period recipe for candied quince? I have a 
number of period quince recipes, including a very simple quince preserve 
from al Warraq. I also have a quince tree (cydonia).

On 11/16/15 5:38 AM, Samia al-Kaslaania wrote:
> Hi Chimene ,
>
> I've only ever used quince cooked. We slice it and candy it like ginger. It
> turns a lovely orangey-pink color and the taste is ambrosia. Easy enough to
> do for one quince.
>
> Samia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>> 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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