Bob Pastorio > wrote in message >...
> The Joneses wrote:
> > Ellen Wickberg wrote:
> >
> >>Anyone have a really good quince jam recipe? Ellen
> >
> > Google My Quince Jelly Page. It has some recipes & lots of nice info.
> > Edrena
>
> This weekend, I did this:
> 8 quinces
> 3/4 cup apple cider
> 2 1/2 cups sugar.
>
> Peeled and cored the quinces. Cut them into 1-inch pieces. Put the
> quinces, juice and sugar into a crock pot and cooked it all until the
> quince was soft, about 15 hours. Started to mash it to make it
> slightly chunky and decided to use my wand blender instead. Made a
> thick jam that set up very nicely.
>
> Made 3 1/2 pints.
>
> Three of us accidentally ate a whole pint on Sunday with crackers,
> toast, grilled panetone and spoons. There was a suspicious thumb mark
> in the jar, too, but nobody admitted it.
>
> Pastorio

very amusing post, Bob. I've never seen quince or tasted quince so I
don't know anything about it/them - did it really take 15 hours or are
ya pullin' our collective legs? Sounds like your results were nothing
short of spectacular!

Kathi