Hi, All ...

I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)

I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find any
recipes using them. I know they are used for jam, but I can't find a recipe
for even that. I hate to see them just shrivel up and fall off the trees.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Tom

Tom Cantwell > wrote:
>
>I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
>here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)
>
>I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find any
>recipes using them. I know they are used for jam, but I can't find a recipe
>for even that. I hate to see them just shrivel up and fall off the trees.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions?

http://www.loquatworld.com/LoquatRecipes.html

On 2011-04-19, Tom Cantwell > wrote:
>
> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand'....

Why on-earth not? We used to strip the tree bare when they were ripe,
eating them right off the branch. Very sweet and juicy. Perhaps
you've found trees that don't get enough water.

nb

Tom Cantwell wrote:
>
> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
> here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)
>
> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find any
> recipes using them. I know they are used for jam, but I can't find a recipe
> for even that. I hate to see them just shrivel up and fall off the trees.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?

Marmalade.

When we lived in So Cal we'd get them by the peck. My wife used a
recipe for orange marmalade and used them in it. Heavenly. The first
attempt came out soupy so she cut the water in half the second year.
Should work in principle for any orange marmalade recipe.

Kumquats - Same story different year. We ended up with jars of both
types available all year round after a few years.

Tom Cantwell wrote:
>
> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
> here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)

That's odd. Here in Northern California, the fruit was
ripe several months ago. My tree flowered about a month ago,
and now has tiny green fruit that won't be ready to pick
until late fall.

On 4/19/2011 4:12 PM, Tom Cantwell wrote:
> Hi, All ...
>
> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
> here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)
>
> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find any
> recipes using them. I know they are used for jam, but I can't find a recipe
> for even that. I hate to see them just shrivel up and fall off the trees.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Tom

Go here and put Loquat in the search box, you will find lots of recipes
and methods for preserving loquats. http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/search.html

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2011-04-19, Tom Cantwell > wrote:
>>
>> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand'....
>
> Why on-earth not? We used to strip the tree bare when they were ripe,
> eating them right off the branch. Very sweet and juicy. Perhaps
> you've found trees that don't get enough water.
>
> nb


Loquats are a blast from the past! When I lived in Vista, CA in 1966 we
rented a house with two loquat trees in the front yard. They were very
juicy. I don't really remember the taste. I do remember the seeds in
center were rather large. I wouldn't have any idea about recipes for loquat
anything... if it's jam the op is looking for isn't there a
rec.food.preserving ng? There might be some folks from SoCal there with
some ideas.

Jill

Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >,
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >
> > That's odd. Here in Northern California, the fruit was
> > ripe several months ago. My tree flowered about a month ago,
> > and now has tiny green fruit that won't be ready to pick
> > until late fall.
>
> Is it possible they are Kumquats? I saw some of those at Sun Harvest
> this morning. Did not buy any as all I know to do with those is make
> Marmalade.

For crying out loud! Of course I know what a loquat is.

On Apr 19, 2:12*pm, Tom Cantwell > wrote:
> Hi, All ...
>
> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
> here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)
>
> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find any
> recipes using them. I know they are used for jam, but I can't find a recipe
> for even that. I hate to see them just shrivel up and fall off the trees.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Tom

Make loquat wine. But don't use the recipe on the loquat world site.
I'd go to a local homebrew store for advice, such as the home
winemaking store in Woodland Hills.

http://www.homebeerwinecheese.com/

This plum wine recipe from their affilated club looks good:

http://cellarmastersla.org/plumwine.htm

In article >,
Tom Cantwell > wrote:

> Hi, All ...
>
> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my backyard
> here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here ...)
>
> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find any
> recipes using them.

Really???? Where were you looking? A Google search on "recipe loquat
jam" came up with 25, 000+ hits. Texas A&M has a recipe for loquat jam
and I saw several recipes for loquat jelly.

Some of the sites provide pictures of the process.

The National Center for Home Food Preservation has a recipe.

> I know they are used for jam, but I can't find a recipe
> for even that.

Methinks you didn't look.

> Anyone have any suggestions?

> Tom

Try again and then look at some of the hits. You can also make loquat
chutney.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Tom Cantwell > wrote:
>
>> Hi, All ...
>>
>> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my
>> backyard here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here
>> ...)
>>
>> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find
>> any recipes using them.
>
> Really???? Where were you looking? A Google search on "recipe loquat
> jam" came up with 25, 000+ hits. Texas A&M has a recipe for loquat
> jam and I saw several recipes for loquat jelly.
>
===
Thanks to everyone for the assistance. I did try searching Wikipedia,
allrecipes.com and the MasterCook program, but was not successful. I
don't know why I didn't do a Google search ....Usually the first place I
look.

My loquats usually fruit in the January/February time frame, but this
year was really late. May have something to do with the large amount of
rain and cloudy cool weather.

As far as eating right off the tree, sometimes they have a kind of slimy
texture I don't like; this year they seem better (maybe the wet winter we
had?)

Tom

In article >,
Tom Cantwell > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
> :
>
> > In article >,
> > Tom Cantwell > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, All ...
> >>
> >> I have many hundreds of fully ripe loquats on several trees in my
> >> backyard here in Southern California. (They come up wild around here
> >> ...)
> >>
> >> I don't particularly like to eat them 'out of hand', but I can't find
> >> any recipes using them.
> >
> > Really???? Where were you looking? A Google search on "recipe loquat
> > jam" came up with 25, 000+ hits. Texas A&M has a recipe for loquat
> > jam and I saw several recipes for loquat jelly.
> >
> ===
> Thanks to everyone for the assistance. I did try searching Wikipedia,
> allrecipes.com and the MasterCook program, but was not successful. I
> don't know why I didn't do a Google search ....Usually the first place I
> look.
>
> My loquats usually fruit in the January/February time frame, but this
> year was really late. May have something to do with the large amount of
> rain and cloudy cool weather.
>
> As far as eating right off the tree, sometimes they have a kind of slimy
> texture I don't like; this year they seem better (maybe the wet winter we
> had?)
>
> Tom

If you've never done any home food preservation, please look at the
National Center for Home Food Preservation at <www.uga.edu/nchfp>.
Located at the University of Georgia. If you start with the USDA site
and look for preserving info, you'll end up at the NCHFP.

You might also check your state university's extension services (if it
has one) for information.

Please water-bath process your fruit spreads rather than using paraffin
as some of the recipes I looked at *from the Google search* instruct.
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller