Quinces - lots of them!

Making Quince Jam and slow-cooked Quince slices ....

First pictures and maybe tomorrow I'll add some more!

Start of the jam ....this is the grated quince boiled for 12 minutes and waiting for the sugar ....

And this is the part-cooked slices, which should end up a deep carnelian in colour.  Slow cooking at its most useful.

 See you tomorrow!

Fruits of labour?

After my last blog, I went out and started hacking at the triffid-like growth .... then did some picking ....

here's the bowl full and then here's the courgettes with the 'snail' damage

 and finally, the fabled achocha!

They look lovely, but have been a HUGE disappointment in the culinary sense.
Growing like a triffid all across the back of the garden, producing fruit in enormous number and ending up as a huge big fat zumper.

Today, overcast, raining, spitting and dribbling.  So, made an Apple cake with 'cookers' from the garden and a cinnamon streusel topping.  It tastes delicious, and when we eat it with some whipped cream later .... it will be magnificent!

 

Over and out! 

 

Death to the invading achocha!

Decided to kill off the achocha that's slowly killing off my new trees by strangulation  ...
Will take the camera down the garden and record 'death by chopping!'