Quince and Medlars

[ChannelFadge]

picked up some meddlars at a christmas market today...Im excited for them to get nice and rotten :)

[786baqi]

in central asia we cover quince in a towel and beat them with a hammer. some sort of chemical reaction I think takes place and they become juicy. very refreshing :)

[BluefruitNMusicSnow]

Good info. :)

Does anyone know how many calories are in a quince and if they are high in any vitamins?

[MrRoachclips]

thank you for the informational video.

[LaoSoftware]

Quince is native to Asia.

[hxzxxl]

i dont think that quince is ripe; you can eat them raw. i've eaten them raw many times before. i didn't know anyone ate them cooked :p but it makes sense. i love these things :D

[stephenhayesuk]

@hxzxxl Perhaps I will try some raw quince this year sliced very thin, but I have only ever come across them used cooked. Its all a matter of taste I suppose.

[sysjkb]

@stephenhayesuk & @hxzxxl -- not all quince varieties can be eaten raw, and some of those varieties need a very long time to fully ripen.

[albstralian]

oh did u say u can only eat quince when its cooked? thats not true lol, i just ate a raw quince before watching this. just slice it up like you would an apple skin and all (although it can be a very hard fruit..) and enjoy :)) it has a nice taste and interesting texture- very dense/hard when u bite it but gets juicy in your mouth!

[albstralian]

oh my GOD i was looking for videos on quinces and ran into this... i never knew there is an english word for the first fruit... medlar? haha!! we have them in albania and call them Mushmulla, but i absolutely have not been able to find any in australia or anywhere else really!! awesome!!! i love them!! by the way, u dont have to eat the inside only with a spoon, u can eat it with your hands- and we also eat the skin, its great!

[Teorispa]

Never seen Medlars before, but I have certainly seen Quince, though the name does not even resemble the Portuguese translation of Marmelo, which is used to make Marmelade (from the pulp) and jelly (from the core). I have seen it eated raw and hard just like the one you showed, but I wouldn't try it.

[helstontvx]

dogs arse...old name

[ivankinsman]

We have a babysitter who had a quince in her garden and did not know it could be eaten. She gave us some of the large variety and we made a very good liqueur from it. We have now planted a large quince tree and also two small quince bushes (the latter are very tough plants so tolerate v. poor soil).

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[crowldawg]

I love Wikipedia I'll let someone else post ithe other name .LMAO

[stephenhayesuk]

as you say crowldawg, a very through write up on medlars at Wikipedia.

I thought medlars were mentioned in Shakespeare, now I see they were mentioned by Chaucer too! and they are still popular in parts of Iran! Just goes to show how fashions change.

[DamonBKnox]

Do you know a good link for proper directions on transplanting a tree about this size? There is a wild persimmon in the forest next to my house that I would love to move into my orchard for my father.

[stephenhayesuk]

no, but I hope to film videos this winter showing how to straighten up a bent tree and move a big tree.

Nothing clever about it, just a lot of graft. Dig the tree out in winter with as much roots as humanly possible, wrap the roots and adhering earth in a tarpaulin and move as quickly and carefully as you can to a previously prepared planting hole. Stake carefully, water and mulch well in the growing season, no fruit allowed in year one, you will hopefully get away with it. No harm trying.

[DamonBKnox]

True, no harm. Thank you much. I will try and let ya know.

[DamonBKnox]

Very cool and weird.