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Orchard Blossom Season is Almost Here

Spring-time in the orchard and beautiful blossom buds are about to burst into life. So why is it such a tense and worrying time..?

Published March 23, 2022
Categorised as Gallery Tagged apple, blossom, cherry, Morello, pear, Plot #79, quince

Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine Makes Quince ‘Connate’

A quick shout out for Christopher Monk’s take on a late fourteenth century quince recipe from The Forme of Cury.

Published January 7, 2022
Categorised as Linking Out, Orchard Cookery Tagged C14th, Christopher Monk, connate, Forme of Cury, quince, quince preserve

Gervase Markham, on Preserving Quinces in Cider

Here’s an idea for preserving your quince harvest, and maybe making quince flavoured cider at the same time.

Published November 15, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, cider, Gervase Markham, preserved fruit, quince

A Book of Simples, on Making ‘Quince Cakes’

Here’s an intriguing pair of eighteenth century receipts for quince ‘cakes’ of the boiled, jellied gum-drop variety.

Published October 19, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, cake, jelly, quince, quince recipe

Now Collecting Historical Orchard Recipes

I’ve started putting together an index page of the archive recipes that I’m posting on the site.

Published April 25, 2021
Categorised as Site Updates Tagged apple, bullace, cherry, damson, fig, medlar, nectarine, orchard cookery, orchard history, peach, pear, plum, pluot, quince, research project, warden

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richardbrownht Richard Brown @richardbrownht ·
23 Jun

The protected outdoor melons and watermelons now appear to have fixed (got their roots established in the soil) and are now starting to put on good growth. The covers have been off this week.

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More whitecurrant picking today. Plus blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries. I bloody love soft fruit season, I do 😁

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