Comments on: Little gems…

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:30:59 +0000

We have a chef/food author here in South Australia, Maggie Beer, who makes all sorts of pastes to go with cheese platters. Quince paste, of course, but also plum paste, spiced pear paste (delicious), cabernet paste, fig and fennel and apple and rosemary….maybe some ideas for future blogs!
Here is the link to her site http://www.maggiebeer.com.au

Love both of your blogs!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:59:47 +0000

I saw quince back in November at Pike Place. I stopped dead in my tracks and immediately thought of you! I was so tempted to buy some and make quince paste but I knew I wouldn’t have time.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:06:21 +0000

Your Quince Cheese, as they would call it here, looks perfect.
I adore quince anything. I put a little round of it when I made an apple pie. It was so good!It just added something to the pie.
I am lucky that an award winning quince cheese place is very local to me. If you send me your address Pea, I will gladly send you some. It travels very well. Cheerio.

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:44:58 +0000

That really is colorful quince paste. Don’t think that they are unusual quinces, but hard to say. We are in the land of Luther Burbank and he experimented with lots of plants. We have an unusual walnut tree on the property and the old farmhouse near where the quince grows is from the early 1900s, when Burbank was doing his experiments…it could be a pilfered plant, too.
Quince paste is perfect with a good salty cheese.
I think quince are hard to find because they were out of fashion for a LONG time.
Tea of Tea and Cookies blog found a quince shrub somewhere in Seattle area. Perhaps you could plant one? I suspect they are easy to grow.
If not, I’m always happy to send you more each year

By: Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:50:07 +0000

I actually saw some quinces at the store here not too long ago – I wish I would have bought them!

By: Mallow

Mallow — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:48:25 +0000

I keep looking, because I have yet to actually try them! Maybe I’ll need to start hanging out at Whole Foods more (looks like someone saw them there? Hm.)

By: Jaime

Jaime — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:43:07 +0000

i can see how that would be good. i had some cheese the other day with dried apricots. my husband heard and said i was crazy (or pregnant LOL)

i’ve never had quinces, or quince paste. the radioactive color is quite nice

By: Jansprout

Jansprout — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:28:19 +0000

Just in case you havent found them yet, I have seen Quince in Wallyworld produce isles on the Olympic Penninsula , first time seen by this Nwesterner!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:35:32 +0000

Mmmm, I always buy my quince paste from Beecher’s (and pair it with manchego as well) … never even thought about making it. Thanks for sharing the recipe. If anyone does see quince locally (Seattle), please let us know!

By: Candace

Candace — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:29:08 +0000

Fabulous combination! I don’t think I’ve seen quinces here (S Fla) either, but I haven’t been to the farmer’s market in a few weeks.