8/13/2023 0 Comments Batman cookie jars![]() ![]() ![]() This wouldn’t have been so bad if we weren’t talking on live radio then. And the next time I saw Wen-Jay, on my Heritage Radio Network show, I proudly pulled a bag of the cookies I’d baked that morning, with the kumquats from my share. But for some reason, I got the word “kumquats” stuck in my head. They had to be cooked before being eaten, we discussed, and noted the downy fuzz on their skins. Quince, our CSA coordinator, Wen-Jay told me. When I saw the crate of quince at my CSA pick-up, I thought the pale-green, if oddly misshapen fruits must be pears of some sort. But once cooked, they’re lemony and light-tasting, sort of like a fresh pear with lemon zest. They’re not considered very good for eating raw. Quince, you see, are much more dry and tart than most fruit it resembles (or doesn’t resemble at all, in the case of kumquats). Instead of filling the middle of cookies with jam, cradled in a thumbprint, I draped simple syrup-blanched quince slices over each cookie dough dollop. But my first stab at it was a sweet success. Only I thought they were Bartlett pears at first, and then, more outrageously, kumquats.Ĭlearly, I’m still figuring out what kind of fruit I’m cooking with here. Last week, my fruit share from Red Jacket Orchards included quince. Food surprises are one of the main draws of joining a CSA for me, too: you never really know what you’re going to get in a given week. With all the interesting seasonal produce that can be found, this will surely never end. It’s always exciting to cook with an ingredient for the first time. ![]()
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