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The
Challenge: #12 -- If They’d Had It -- November 2 - November 15
I had a hard time deciding
which recipe to do for this challenge.
Should I choose mushroom ketchup, quince marmalade, macrows (macaroni),
or something else? I wanted to do them
all. I ended up wavering between the
ketchup and the marmalade, and when I found the ingredients for both recipes in
the farmer's market and in my pantry, I decided to do them both. The quinces for this recipe came from the
heritage apple vendor at the farmer's market.
Quinces are a very old type
of fruit. Similar to apples and pears,
they have a very hard flesh that doesn't soften until it's over-ripe, a
delicious apple-y fragrance, but a very bitter and astringent taste that
doesn't mellow out until it's very over-ripe.
They also have a lot of pectin in them.
They are mentioned as far back as ancient Rome, when they were
recommended to newlyweds on their wedding day; nibbling on a slice of quince
was supposed to perfume their breath!
