Mark,
I’m a loquat fan. Thanks for that link!
Kevin, what the heck is wrong with your family? Do they think only supermarket fruit is edible? If they weren’t so fragile, they’d be in markets. There are many loquat trees here in Sacramento that people regard only as decorative, and tons of fruit falls to the ground. What a waste. Anyway, for recipes, I had been treating them as apricots (only they’re sweeter than most) or peaches; actually, there are many recipes for other fruits I’ve used.
Still, for almost anything, I freeze, dry, or can, then make other recipes later, including preserves, syrups, pie filling and the like. I suppose you could candy them, but I don’t find that candied fruits have a long list of non-fruitcake uses.
~ Stephen
Looking forward to loquat season
From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of piper33@verizon.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:08 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Loquats
Kevin,
First off... Do not eat, chew, or swallow the seeds. The loquat seed may be
highly toxic. Remove the fleshly fruit from the seed before eating or cooking.
OK, now for recipes. Look at http://www.loquatworld.com/LoquatRecipes.html for
jelly, jam , ice cream sauce, wine, and many other recipes.
To the group: I have loquat seedlings in the ground that survived a severe
winter as far as Seattle goes. Any idea on how many years before a seedling
starts blooming?
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 8, plums and honeyberry now in bloom
Mar 30, 2009 01:39:00 AM, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
The Loquats are ripe right now. I am the only one in the
family who will eat them. I generally eat them out of hand and leave the rest
for the squirrels and cardinals, but it bugs me to leave all that beautiful
fruit. Does anyone have any knowledge of how to preserve them beyond the
obvious?(Canning, drying, freezing.) Any ideas or recipes would be appreciated.
thanks
Kevin Z9
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.