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In a message dated 9/13/2012 1:54:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
billmcnam@yahoo.com writes:

> 
> Has anyone fruited one that tastes decent when eaten
> raw?
> 
> 

Yes, but it was still very hard to bite into and almost like chewing stone. 
But made delicous cider. Required no additives like sugar. No quince 
astringency. Gave samples to neighbors w/o telling them what it was and they 
all 
liked it. 

I think one needs to define, "eating out of hand."   

Jerry
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I gave some raw quince slices to some Turkish friends and they found =
them delicious.  Apparently there is a tradition for eating raw quince =
in Turkey.  It was my Aromatnaya variety.  I personally found it wasn't =
all that different from eating one of those store-bought Anjou pears: =
hard, chewy, and not a lot of flavor.  I expect the reason why some =
people like them raw is they have a pleasant lemony flavor that is =
unusual.  I greatly prefer them cooked.  Well, past tense here, my =
quince trees are all now rootstock for pears after I got tired of =
dealing with all the fireblight on them.  The "Karps Sweet" variety is =
supposed to be better fresh eating and I did get a tree to try it out =
but never got a fruit off of it - the fruits were all horribly =
disfigured by quince rust.

Scott

On Sep 13, 2012, at 8:06 AM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/13/2012 1:54:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
> billmcnam@yahoo.com writes:
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>> Has anyone fruited one that tastes decent when eaten
>> raw?
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> Yes, but it was still very hard to bite into and almost like chewing =
stone.=20
> But made delicous cider. Required no additives like sugar. No quince=20=

> astringency. Gave samples to neighbors w/o telling them what it was =
and they all=20
> liked it.=20
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> I think one needs to define, "eating out of hand."  =20
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> Jerry
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