Sensuous quince a treat without pear

The Nelson Mail | June 7, 2001| | Copyright

Normally I whinge and complain when people arrive at my door with plastic bags filled with surplus produce from their garden. They always give you too much of just one item and then continually ask if you have enjoyed their treat.

There is only so much enthusiasm I can generate for runner beans, but there is one food gift I make an exception for.

Quinces are a relatively rare autumn fruit which are absolutely delicious.

Quinces are a very hard fruit to describe. They have a texture somewhat like a pear, they look like a yellow gourd and they taste somewhere between a lemon, a persimmon and ...

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