08/01/2026
Quince!!
Those two cute little fuzzballs are baby quince. Yes I've only ever had one in my life (last year), but that quince smell was amazing and I keep hearing how interesting they are. I'm excited about all this new fruit I've been planting out here in Enumclaw, but honestly I've never seen or tasted, let alone had c***r from most of the types or fruits I've planted.
I had been focusing mostly on planting c***r apples and perry pears, and avoiding other fruits I know even less about. But in a moment of weakness, I was at a nursery and finally just got one quince...well actually another later in the season too. And then also 4 feijoa, and 3 sorbus domestica. I guess I'm really weak. But ***rchatc***rville has a whole episode recording of a panel that I just happened to listen to on using quince in c***r from a few different c***rmakers (Episode 267 I think). It sounds.....difficult, but maybe worth it (broken grinder blades?). And it's just such a neat fruit. I also talked to the owner of The Grange a while back and he was saying that chefs love quince and they are hard to come by.....so maybe I should just become a quince farmer.
Anyway, I've been wanting to get back to posting, and I'm hoping getting excited about new fruits and new varieties might be a way to get myself to do it.
For all you c***rmakers that might read this far for some reason (or cooks or quincelovers I guess, are anyone growing quince) -
How are you actually incorporating it into your c***r and how hard is it????
How are you using quince? Why are you growing it? Why should I love it and foolishlishly be convinced to plant more?
It sounds like masceration might help although some of those c***rmakers were just grinding it and pressing like normal. I've read cooking it first, but seems like that might make it harder to extract and just be a combersome process addition. And I'd rather not steep/infuse, rather try and get the juice out if possible and treat it as much like the other pomes as I can.
Tell me your quinciest story.
Talk quincey to me.
