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Title: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: 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!

Title: Re: What to do with Locots?
Post by: brazen20au on November 08, 2009, 10:59:20 am

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

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Dublin Girl in Oz 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

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: alioop 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   :)

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: faffa_70 on November 08, 2009, 02:51:50 pm

You can send them my way lol  ;D ;D ;D We always just ate them off the tree yummo

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Thermo convert on November 09, 2009, 01:12:48 am

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

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Amanda 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!!

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Thermomixer 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 (http://www.loquatworld.com/LoquatRecipes.html) - but many just eat them as they are.

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: cookie1 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.

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Very Happy Jan on November 09, 2009, 04:47:24 am

My Grandmother used to make a fantastic Loquat Chutney.

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: trudy on November 09, 2009, 06:18:11 am

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

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: riv_mum on November 09, 2009, 08:04:50 am

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

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Thermomixer on November 09, 2009, 09:12:13 am

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

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Nay-nay on November 10, 2009, 01:42:07 am

Have had the jam before.  ;) They do go 'off' pretty quickly after being picked.  :)

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: cookie1 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.

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on November 10, 2009, 10:32:49 am

I hope you have a second TMX bowl Cookie! ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What to do with Loquats?
Post by: cookie1 on November 11, 2009, 02:59:38 am

Not yet. He has a third car lined up, (unrestored) so that may be the time for the second bowl. ;)  I used to have ideas of an outside area with ferns and lovely settings. Instead it has 2 old cars, one completely unrestored, and all the junkpieces that are essential to it and the tools. Fortunately the house has 2 outdoor areas, although mine with the setting etc is much smaller than DH's. In fact if he could get cars on mine I'm sure he would.
I don't mind really-I learned 40+ years ago what he was like and it really doesn't bother me. Don't tell him though. I love the cars too.