On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:11:35 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 09/01/2024 19:15, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you.  I think you have
>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>
>>>>> Delicious ripe and juicy pears from Sainsbury twice, and in fairness I
>>>>> should mention gorgeous ("plump and juicy" was the description, I think)
>>>>> from Asda.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Perhaps also fair to mention that Asda bombed out with my order of
>>>>> "Christmas Specials", a lot of which were out of stock and substituted
>>>>> with inferior products (which I refused to accept. Tilting the
>>>>> fairness meter again, they did send me a £10 voucher with their apology.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “Please accept this voucher to spend on inferior goods you didn’t want as a
>>>> gesture of goodwill.”
>>>>
>>>
>>> Lidl never did get back to me once I’d got their stupid form to respond.
>>>
>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>
>>I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>
>BTN here, I think!
>
Second wave to the BTM....

N.

Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:

> On 13/01/2024 13:04, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:24:43 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>> <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jane Vernon <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/01/2024 16:27, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:23:00 +0000, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 19:15:11 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> scrawled in
>>>>>>> the dust...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 09-Jan-24 15:38, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In a somewhat belated and half-hearted effort to keep myself on this
>>>>>>>>> planet for a little longer I have recently taken to buying quite a lot
>>>>>>>>> of fruit.  Twice, now, this has included pears which were described as
>>>>>>>>> "ripe and ready to eat."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was a bit sceptical at first, not being able to remember
>>>>>>>>> the last time
>>>>>>>>> a store-bought pear had lived up to any low expectation of
>>>>>>>>> ever becoming
>>>>>>>>> ripe and ready to eat.  But I was not so much gob-smacked as had my gob
>>>>>>>>> tenderly cherished.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What modern and wondrous technology has been discovered which
>>>>>>>>> makes this
>>>>>>>>> possible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you. I think you have
>>>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> P.S. Ignore the negative tone, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I find it varies with the pear variety. I don't buy those which say they
>>>>>>> are ready to eat. I put two in the fruit bowl and the rest in the fridge.
>>>>>>> When one is softening around the stem, I eat it, and replace it
>>>>>>> in the bowl
>>>>>>> with one from the fridge.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Conference will usually ripen up, as do the small yellow variety I forget
>>>>>>> the name of. Usually works well, but I had 5 big yellow ones last year
>>>>>>> which hung around for months and remained hard as a rock until
>>>>>>> I threw them
>>>>>>> out.
>>>>>> Cook 'em. That'll learn the abstrads.
>>>>>> Upside-down pear pudding? Mmmmmmm!
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've recently discovered, on looking up recipes on Google, that pear
>>>>> and redcurrant crumble is a thing and therefore deals instantly with
>>>>> those two awkward ingredients, pears which aren't quite ripe and a
>>>>> glut of redcurrants in the freezer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reader, it was delicious.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, there's no reason why wooden pears shouldn't be treated in the
>>>> same way as their equally wooden, and even more delicious when cooked,
>>>> cousin the quince.
>>>>
>>> Quince jelly/membrillo is very much a thing out here and may be made
>>> at home since there are always quince for sale in season or it may be
>>> bought ready-made in copious quantities from shops.
>>>
>>> So why can I never find anything in the UK? I haven't seen quince in
>>> the greengrocer's' for year's and my attempt to grow a couple of
>>> bushes from seedlings ended in failure. A house up the road has a
>>> quince bush but it never seems to produce any fruit. What's going on?
>> Booths (a kind of upmarket Waitrose based in and around Lancashire,
>> m'lud) reliably has quinces in season. Waitrose usually does but not
>> necessarily in all branches. In Glasgow I got them from Roots Fruits and
>> Flowers in Great Western Road. I haven't tried sourcing them in
>> Edinburgh yet.
>>
>
> Real Foods in Broughton Street. Are you now back in Auld Reekie, then?

I'm never quite sure where I am, to be honest. But don't expect me back
in the Second City until the end of the month I'm afraid.

Rosie

Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:

> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 09/01/2024 19:15, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you.  I think you have
>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>
>>>>> Delicious ripe and juicy pears from Sainsbury twice, and in fairness I
>>>>> should mention gorgeous ("plump and juicy" was the description, I think)
>>>>> from Asda.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Perhaps also fair to mention that Asda bombed out with my order of
>>>>> "Christmas Specials", a lot of which were out of stock and substituted
>>>>> with inferior products (which I refused to accept. Tilting the
>>>>> fairness meter again, they did send me a £10 voucher with their apology.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “Please accept this voucher to spend on inferior goods you didn’t want as a
>>>> gesture of goodwill.”
>>>>
>>>
>>> Lidl never did get back to me once I’d got their stupid form to respond.
>>>
>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>
>>I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>
> BTN here, I think!

Yes

Rosie

Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:

> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:11:35 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> On 09/01/2024 19:15, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you.  I think you have
>>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Delicious ripe and juicy pears from Sainsbury twice, and in fairness I
>>>>>> should mention gorgeous ("plump and juicy" was the description, I think)
>>>>>> from Asda.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Perhaps also fair to mention that Asda bombed out with my order of
>>>>>> "Christmas Specials", a lot of which were out of stock and substituted
>>>>>> with inferior products (which I refused to accept. Tilting the
>>>>>> fairness meter again, they did send me a £10 voucher with their apology.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> “Please accept this voucher to spend on inferior goods you didn’t want as a
>>>>> gesture of goodwill.”
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lidl never did get back to me once I’d got their stupid form to respond.
>>>>
>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>
>>>I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>
>>BTN here, I think!
>>
> Second wave to the BTM....
>
> N.

Patience, dear heart!

I grow old, I grow old, I may miss one or two. I am actively
investigating the possibility of a simple bash script to identify BTNs
as they arrive. Now. what should I do about the peach juice that's
making tats in my hair?

(I was a lithe late-30s when I first entered umra. I'll be 70 later this
year. What happened?)

Rosie

On 13-Jan-24 17:11, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:11:35 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 09/01/2024 19:15, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you.  I think you have
>>>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Delicious ripe and juicy pears from Sainsbury twice, and in fairness I
>>>>>>> should mention gorgeous ("plump and juicy" was the description, I think)
>>>>>>> from Asda.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Perhaps also fair to mention that Asda bombed out with my order of
>>>>>>> "Christmas Specials", a lot of which were out of stock and substituted
>>>>>>> with inferior products (which I refused to accept. Tilting the
>>>>>>> fairness meter again, they did send me a £10 voucher with their apology.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Please accept this voucher to spend on inferior goods you didn’t want as a
>>>>>> gesture of goodwill.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lidl never did get back to me once I’d got their stupid form to respond.
>>>>>
>>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>>
>>>> I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>>
>>> BTN here, I think!
>>>
>> Second wave to the BTM....
>>
>> N.
>
> Patience, dear heart!
>
> I grow old, I grow old, I may miss one or two. I am actively
> investigating the possibility of a simple bash script to identify BTNs
> as they arrive. Now. what should I do about the peach juice that's
> making tats in my hair?
>
> (I was a lithe late-30s when I first entered umra. I'll be 70 later this
> year. What happened?)

(You said it first.)
UMRA. Twinned with The Waters of Lithe.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 13-Jan-24 13:15, Vicky wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:04:40 +0000, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 13/01/2024 10:36, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> In message <untnug$3t6gl$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 13 Jan 2024 10:16:48,
>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>>>> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> []
>>>>> Mike I  see your posts with gaps that just say quoted text. But not
>>>>> I'm replying I cxan see what I think the gaps  were.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not a material you want gaps in really.
>>>>
>>> It might be a setting you can change in the software you're using to
>>> read news. (If you're reading via a web interface, there might not be
>>> such a setting - though I gather the main web interface to news, Google
>>> Groups, is going to cease next month anyway.)
>>
>> Vicky appears to be using Forte Agent (View Source is your friend). Any
>> other Agent users able to advise?
>>
>> john
>
> It's ok thanks. I was having an OAP moment.

Lucky you. Mine is an OAP life.

--
Sam Plusnet

Rosie Mitchell wrote:

> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:

>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:11:35 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 09/01/2024 19:15, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you.  I think you have
>>>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Delicious ripe and juicy pears from Sainsbury twice, and in fairness I
>>>>>>> should mention gorgeous ("plump and juicy" was the description, I think)
>>>>>>> from Asda.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Perhaps also fair to mention that Asda bombed out with my order of
>>>>>>> "Christmas Specials", a lot of which were out of stock and substituted
>>>>>>> with inferior products (which I refused to accept. Tilting the
>>>>>>> fairness meter again, they did send me a £10 voucher with their apology.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Please accept this voucher to spend on inferior goods you didn’t want as a
>>>>>> gesture of goodwill.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lidl never did get back to me once I’d got their stupid form to respond.
>>>>>
>>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>>
>>>BTN here, I think!
>>>
>> Second wave to the BTM....
>>
>> N.

> Patience, dear heart!

> I grow old, I grow old, I may miss one or two. I am actively
> investigating the possibility of a simple bash script to identify BTNs
> as they arrive. Now. what should I do about the peach juice that's
> making tats in my hair?

> (I was a lithe late-30s when I first entered umra. I'll be 70 later this
> year. What happened?)

If it's any help to you, this message is coming to you from:
<https://www.novabbs.com/aus+uk/thread.php?group=uk.media.radio.archers>
a web interface for usenet that will still be here when GoogleGroups
stops working in Feb.

It has a search facility. Although I'm still trying to master it with
sufficient skill to pull up the answers I actually want, it might be one
way of filtering BT nominations?

Nick

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:23:27 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

>On 13-Jan-24 17:11, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:11:35 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 09/01/2024 19:15, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I wouldn't bother doing the Lottery if I were you.  I think you have
>>>>>>>>> used up all your astonishing luck with that one pear purchase.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OTOH, please let us know if lightning continues to strike.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Delicious ripe and juicy pears from Sainsbury twice, and in fairness I
>>>>>>>> should mention gorgeous ("plump and juicy" was the description, I think)
>>>>>>>> from Asda.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Perhaps also fair to mention that Asda bombed out with my order of
>>>>>>>> "Christmas Specials", a lot of which were out of stock and substituted
>>>>>>>> with inferior products (which I refused to accept. Tilting the
>>>>>>>> fairness meter again, they did send me a £10 voucher with their apology.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “Please accept this voucher to spend on inferior goods you didn’t want as a
>>>>>>> gesture of goodwill.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lidl never did get back to me once I’d got their stupid form to respond.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>>>
>>>> BTN here, I think!
>>>>
>>> Second wave to the BTM....
>>>
>>> N.
>>
>> Patience, dear heart!
>>
>> I grow old, I grow old, I may miss one or two. I am actively
>> investigating the possibility of a simple bash script to identify BTNs
>> as they arrive. Now. what should I do about the peach juice that's
>> making tats in my hair?
>>
>> (I was a lithe late-30s when I first entered umra. I'll be 70 later this
>> year. What happened?)
>
>(You said it first.)
>UMRA. Twinned with The Waters of Lithe.

I was late 50s.

>>
>> Booths (a kind of upmarket Waitrose based in and around Lancashire,
>> m'lud) reliably has quinces in season. Waitrose usually does but not
>> necessarily in all branches. In Glasgow I got them from Roots Fruits and
>> Flowers in Great Western Road. I haven't tried sourcing them in
>> Edinburgh yet.
>>
>
> Real Foods in Broughton Street. Are you now back in Auld Reekie, then?
>
>
I've never eaten quinces, or noticed them for sale. The only reason I
know of their existence prior to this discussion is the activities of an
owl and a cat.
Steve

On Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:43:47 +0000, Steve Hague
<stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>>>
>>> Booths (a kind of upmarket Waitrose based in and around Lancashire,
>>> m'lud) reliably has quinces in season. Waitrose usually does but not
>>> necessarily in all branches. In Glasgow I got them from Roots Fruits and
>>> Flowers in Great Western Road. I haven't tried sourcing them in
>>> Edinburgh yet.
>>>
>>
>> Real Foods in Broughton Street. Are you now back in Auld Reekie, then?
>>
>>
>I've never eaten quinces, or noticed them for sale. The only reason I
>know of their existence prior to this discussion is the activities of an
>owl and a cat.
>Steve

They are too bitter to eat unless cooked.

On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:18:49 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
scrawled in the dust...

>Quince jelly/membrillo is very much a thing out here and may be made
>at home since there are always quince for sale in season or it may be
>bought ready-made in copious quantities from shops.
>
>So why can I never find anything in the UK? I haven't seen quince in
>the greengrocer's' for year's and my attempt to grow a couple of
>bushes from seedlings ended in failure. A house up the road has a
>quince bush but it never seems to produce any fruit. What's going on?

Your description of 'bushes' suggest you are talking about Chaenomeles, the
fake quince shrub. It has pretty flowers, followed by small yellow fruit
which smell (and apparently taste) like quince.

We had a tree which bore large yellow knobbly pear-shaped fruit. My mother
made quince cheese from them. I think this is the equivalent of a
time-consuming boiled down jam I once made with a glut of plums. Highly
concentrated, you can cut it into cubes, rolled in sugar, to serve. Not
worth the effort IMHO.

Quince has a weirdly dry flavour. I've never seen it on sale in the shops.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On 13/01/2024 17:04, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:

>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>
>>> I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>
>> BTN here, I think!
>
> Yes
>
> Rosie

First of all I'd like to thank Nick for the nomination. I'd then like to
thank the Academy (and all who sail on her) for accepting it and giving
me this opportunity to practice my speech making. I'd also like to thank
my ... What? There's 15 pages to go. Then I burst into tears and hug a
stranger. Very well then.

--
Ric

On 13.1.24 13:06, kosmo wrote:
> On 12.1.24 16:02, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On 12/01/2024 15:55, kosmo wrote:
>>>
>>> I succumbed to much pressure and an air fryer of the desired model
>>> and type was installed.
>>>
>>> It is at best used weekly - is someone missing the point?
>>
>> What is the Cook cooking on the days she doesn't use the air fryer?
>> My sister uses here just about every day.  I've only had mine for 2
>> days but have used it twice and will be using it again to-night.
>
> The main cooker and the adjacent microwave.
>

Which was the wrong answer as I misread the question ...

But just about anything is cooked and rarely seems to need the air fryer.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
> On 13/01/2024 17:04, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>
>>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>>
>>>> I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>>
>>> BTN here, I think!
>>
>> Yes
>>
>> Rosie
>
> First of all I'd like to thank Nick for the nomination. I'd then like to
> thank the Academy (and all who sail on her) for accepting it and giving
> me this opportunity to practice my speech making. I'd also like to thank
> my ... What? There's 15 pages to go. Then I burst into tears and hug a
> stranger. Very well then.
>

There’s many a BTN between cup and BTA you know!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

kosmo <kosmo@whitnet.uk> wrote:
> On 13.1.24 13:06, kosmo wrote:
>> On 12.1.24 16:02, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>> On 12/01/2024 15:55, kosmo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I succumbed to much pressure and an air fryer of the desired model
>>>> and type was installed.
>>>>
>>>> It is at best used weekly - is someone missing the point?
>>>
>>> What is the Cook cooking on the days she doesn't use the air fryer?
>>> My sister uses here just about every day.  I've only had mine for 2
>>> days but have used it twice and will be using it again to-night.
>>
>> The main cooker and the adjacent microwave.
>>
>
> Which was the wrong answer as I misread the question ...
>
> But just about anything is cooked and rarely seems to need the air fryer.
>

Sweet potato chips, aalong with parsnip chips and carrot with slices of
sweet pepper went under the fans today…

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 14/01/2024 09:46, Penny wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:18:49 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
> scrawled in the dust...
>
>> Quince jelly/membrillo is very much a thing out here and may be made
>> at home since there are always quince for sale in season or it may be
>> bought ready-made in copious quantities from shops.
>>
>> So why can I never find anything in the UK? I haven't seen quince in
>> the greengrocer's' for year's and my attempt to grow a couple of
>> bushes from seedlings ended in failure. A house up the road has a
>> quince bush but it never seems to produce any fruit. What's going on?
>
> Your description of 'bushes' suggest you are talking about Chaenomeles, the
> fake quince shrub. It has pretty flowers, followed by small yellow fruit
> which smell (and apparently taste) like quince.

They do. Very odd. Convergent evolution?>
> We had a tree which bore large yellow knobbly pear-shaped fruit. My mother
> made quince cheese from them. I think this is the equivalent of a
> time-consuming boiled down jam I once made with a glut of plums. Highly
> concentrated, you can cut it into cubes, rolled in sugar, to serve. Not
> worth the effort IMHO.

The French do this, it's called cotignac. A bit like a cross between
Rowntrees fruit pastilles and turkish delight. What is much nicer, less
fuss to make, and nothing like as sweet as Spanish membrillo or English
quince cheese, which I make with quite a lot of lemon as well as some
sugar, and which is fabulous with hard cheese - the Spanish eat it with
manchego, but it's just as piquant with something like a Lincolnshire
Poacher. Properly processed, quince has an absolutely glorious flavour,
aromatic and warm.

--
Kate B

Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 14/01/2024 09:46, Penny wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:18:49 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
>> scrawled in the dust...
>>
>>> Quince jelly/membrillo is very much a thing out here and may be made
>>> at home since there are always quince for sale in season or it may be
>>> bought ready-made in copious quantities from shops.
>>>
>>> So why can I never find anything in the UK? I haven't seen quince in
>>> the greengrocer's' for year's and my attempt to grow a couple of
>>> bushes from seedlings ended in failure. A house up the road has a
>>> quince bush but it never seems to produce any fruit. What's going on?
>>
>> Your description of 'bushes' suggest you are talking about Chaenomeles, the
>> fake quince shrub. It has pretty flowers, followed by small yellow fruit
>> which smell (and apparently taste) like quince.
>
> They do. Very odd. Convergent evolution?>
>> We had a tree which bore large yellow knobbly pear-shaped fruit. My mother
>> made quince cheese from them. I think this is the equivalent of a
>> time-consuming boiled down jam I once made with a glut of plums. Highly
>> concentrated, you can cut it into cubes, rolled in sugar, to serve. Not
>> worth the effort IMHO.
>
> The French do this, it's called cotignac. A bit like a cross between
> Rowntrees fruit pastilles and turkish delight. What is much nicer, less
> fuss to make, and nothing like as sweet as Spanish membrillo or English
> quince cheese, which I make with quite a lot of lemon as well as some
> sugar, and which is fabulous with hard cheese - the Spanish eat it with
> manchego, but it's just as piquant with something like a Lincolnshire
> Poacher. Properly processed, quince has an absolutely glorious flavour,
> aromatic and warm.
>
>

Would it be as piquant with a Black Country Gamekeeper?

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Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:

> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>> On 13/01/2024 17:04, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>>>
>>>> BTN here, I think!
>>>
>>> Yes
>>>
>>> Rosie
>>
>> First of all I'd like to thank Nick for the nomination. I'd then like to
>> thank the Academy (and all who sail on her) for accepting it and giving
>> me this opportunity to practice my speech making. I'd also like to thank
>> my ... What? There's 15 pages to go. Then I burst into tears and hug a
>> stranger. Very well then.
>>
>
> There’s many a BTN between cup and BTA you know!

But not this one. Attempts to bugger up the system will be dealt with
firmly.

Rosie

Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:
>
>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>> On 13/01/2024 17:04, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:58:29 +0000, Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/01/2024 16:43, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> Didn’t want any more of their cranberry juice anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm pleased it had cleared up for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>> BTN here, I think!
>>>>
>>>> Yes
>>>>
>>>> Rosie
>>>
>>> First of all I'd like to thank Nick for the nomination. I'd then like to
>>> thank the Academy (and all who sail on her) for accepting it and giving
>>> me this opportunity to practice my speech making. I'd also like to thank
>>> my ... What? There's 15 pages to go. Then I burst into tears and hug a
>>> stranger. Very well then.
>>>
>>
>> There’s many a BTN between cup and BTA you know!
>
> But not this one. Attempts to bugger up the system will be dealt with
> firmly.
>
> Rosie
>

Ooooh! Matron!

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Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 14-Jan-24 8:43, Steve Hague wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Booths (a kind of upmarket Waitrose based in and around Lancashire,
>>> m'lud) reliably has quinces in season. Waitrose usually does but not
>>> necessarily in all branches. In Glasgow I got them from Roots Fruits and
>>> Flowers in Great Western Road. I haven't tried sourcing them in
>>> Edinburgh yet.
>>>
>>
>> Real Foods in Broughton Street. Are you now back in Auld Reekie, then?
>>
>>
> I've never eaten quinces,

Then you are unaware of the quincequonces.

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Sam Plusnet