Author Topic: What to do with Loquats? (Read 11890 times)

Dublin Girl in Oz · « **on:** November 08, 2009, 10:13:56 am »

Hi Fellow Thermomixers
My very kind neighbour has given me a basket of loquats (a small yellow stone fruit).
Does anyone have any ideas/recipes I could use please?

Thanks in advance!

brazen20au · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2009, 10:59:20 am »

are they loquats? or am i thinking of cumquats? lol

Dublin Girl in Oz · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2009, 12:43:17 pm »

Yes Karen that's what they are! No wonder I couldn't find anything when I Googled! Any ideas on what to use them for?

Sylvia

alioop · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2009, 01:18:16 pm »

Hi Sylvia
Loquats (I pronounce it "low-cuts" - may be just my aussie accent!!) and cumquats are different I think. This site had a pic of the loquat fruit and I think you could use it as you would other stone fruit - jams, preserves, etc http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph17.htm. We always just ate them raw as kids (peeled the skin off as it can be tough, eat the flesh and chuck the seeds).
Ali

faffa_70 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2009, 02:51:50 pm »

You can send them my way lol

We always just ate them off the tree yummo

Thermo convert · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2009, 01:12:48 am »

I'm in northern vic and have heaps if anybody wants to come and get them.

Amanda · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2009, 03:34:07 am »

I have some very fond memories of childhood days spent sitting high up in the loquat tree eating the fruit and spitting the (huge) seeds! I think that they would be too labour intensive to do anything else with!!

Thermomixer · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2009, 04:16:35 am »

They are likely to be loquats if they are a stone fruit -one hard dark stone inside, whereas cumquats have lots of little pips like lemons/oranges.

The main recipe that I have seen for loquats is jelly, but there are recipes available http://www.loquatworld.com/LoquatRecipes.html - but many just eat them as they are.

cookie1 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2009, 04:45:10 am »

Lucky you with lots of loquats. I've only ever heard of people eating them as is.

Very Happy Jan · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2009, 04:47:24 am »

My Grandmother used to make a fantastic Loquat Chutney.

trudy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2009, 06:18:11 am »

Lucky you. I just love them. Takes me back to my childhood just thinking about them.

riv_mum · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2009, 08:04:50 am »

They are really nice stewed and served cold. They are better peeled this way.

Thermomixer · « **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:12:13 am »

Hey cookie1 - just saw Hubby's influence with the Avatar !

Nay-nay · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2009, 01:42:07 am »

Have had the jam before.

They do go 'off' pretty quickly after being picked.

cookie1 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2009, 07:25:48 am »

It was a reasonably fair deal Thermomixer. If he could have an old car to do up I could have a TMX. BUT he now has 2 old cars.!
The second one is a recognisable pile of rust at the moment, but I love it.

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Dublin Girl in Oz

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