Ot : the loquat

[scaredyclassic]

I have a loquat tree. The loquat is rare because it does not ship well. It’s kind of like an apricot / pear combo. It is not anything like a kumquat. Looks like apricot tastes kind of like pear.

It is an extraordinary fruit.

Though it’s kind of time cOnsuming to cut and clean.

It may be the best fruit there is …

I never even heard of a loquat before…

[carlsbadworker]

Loquat is sold at $2/lb at Farmer’s Market in Temecula.

[SD Realtor]

we ate them all the time when we were kids. tasty

[Coronita]

asians love loquats… inclusive. I have a tree myself that I’ve grown from a seed…Hopefully in 1-2 more years, it will start bearing fruit…

Parents have about 4 or 5 of of them… San Diego has near perfect weather to grow them…Especially in Pensquito…

[mike92104]

My asian Girlfriend turned me on to them. We have a small tree of the “Golden Nugget” variety, and it gave us about a dozen this year. I made the mistake of biting into one too early, and it was one of the most sour things I have ever eaten. There damn good though if you’re patient enough.

[CA renter]

We also have a loquat tree in our backyard, and had no idea what they were at first! 🙂 Ours had at least a hundred (probably many hundreds) this year. It’s a beautiful tree.

How do you eat them? With the peel, or without? The peel can be pretty bitter, but the kids have been eating directly from the tree with the peel. I prefer peeling them first which makes them taste very sweet…even better than apricots (which I love)!

Any interesting ideas or recipies using loquats? Tips and tricks for preparing and eating them? I’ve heard you can make a loquat marmalade, but that’s a bit too over my head.

[Coronita]

[quote=CA renter]We also have a loquat tree in our backyard, and had no idea what they were at first! 🙂 Ours had at least a hundred (probably many hundreds) this year. It’s a beautiful tree.

How do you eat them? With the peel, or without? The peel can be pretty bitter, but the kids have been eating directly from the tree with the peel. I prefer peeling them first which makes them taste very sweet…even better than apricots (which I love)!

Any interesting ideas or recipies using loquats? Tips and tricks for preparing and eating them? I’ve heard you can make a loquat marmalade, but that’s a bit too over my head.[/quote]

peel them. Don’t eat the peel. Nasty… Don’t eat the seed (obviously). If you get tired of peeling, you probably can make juice out of them if you wash and crush them…They also make decent fruit for making jams/jelly if you’re into that.

http://thefoodblog.com.au/2009/10/loquat-jelly-recipe.html

But make sure it’s not too large of a jelly jar. otherwise bloomberg might ban it… 🙁

[CDMA ENG]

[quote=flu][quote=CA renter]We also have a loquat tree in our backyard, and had no idea what they were at first! 🙂 Ours had at least a hundred (probably many hundreds) this year. It’s a beautiful tree.

How do you eat them? With the peel, or without? The peel can be pretty bitter, but the kids have been eating directly from the tree with the peel. I prefer peeling them first which makes them taste very sweet…even better than apricots (which I love)!

Any interesting ideas or recipies using loquats? Tips and tricks for preparing and eating them? I’ve heard you can make a loquat marmalade, but that’s a bit too over my head.[/quote]

peel them. Don’t eat the peel. Nasty… Don’t eat the seed (obviously). If you get tired of peeling, you probably can make juice out of them if you wash and crush them…They also make decent fruit for making jams/jelly if you’re into that.

http://thefoodblog.com.au/2009/10/loquat-jelly-recipe.html

But make sure it’s not too large of a jelly jar. otherwise bloomberg might ban it… :([/quote]

If you can find a good home made vanilla icecream recipe then you can chop of the loquat and throw it in and have delicious loquat icecream… I have been planning to do the same with Jackfruit for sometime.

[scaredyclassic]

The peel tastes fine. Are there different types of loquacious ness …

[ltsddd]

[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=flu][quote=CA renter]We also have a loquat tree in our backyard, and had no idea what they were at first! 🙂 Ours had at least a hundred (probably many hundreds) this year. It’s a beautiful tree.

How do you eat them? With the peel, or without? The peel can be pretty bitter, but the kids have been eating directly from the tree with the peel. I prefer peeling them first which makes them taste very sweet…even better than apricots (which I love)!

Any interesting ideas or recipies using loquats? Tips and tricks for preparing and eating them? I’ve heard you can make a loquat marmalade, but that’s a bit too over my head.[/quote]

peel them. Don’t eat the peel. Nasty… Don’t eat the seed (obviously). If you get tired of peeling, you probably can make juice out of them if you wash and crush them…They also make decent fruit for making jams/jelly if you’re into that.

http://thefoodblog.com.au/2009/10/loquat-jelly-recipe.html

But make sure it’s not too large of a jelly jar. otherwise bloomberg might ban it… :([/quote]

If you can find a good home made vanilla icecream recipe then you can chop of the loquat and throw it in and have delicious loquat icecream… I have been planning to do the same with Jackfruit for sometime.[/quote]

The natural next step up from Jackfruit would be Durian. YUM 🙂

[Coronita]

[quote=squat250]The peel tastes fine. Are there different types of loquacious ness …[/quote]

Not sure…I think the reason why my relatives have more than one tree is that it was hit and miss. Some trees never beared fruit. Some beared fruit and it was horribly sour etc….

[mike92104]

There are definitely different varieties. I thought about making homemade vanilla/loquat ice cream, but my tree is still pretty young and only gave us about a dozen (half of which my girlfriend ate right off the tree while gardening) I also thought about making jam with them (which is very easy btw). Walmart has a section for canning and has all the pectin and supplies you need. We make jam each year to send out as christmas gifts.

[CA renter]

[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=flu][quote=CA renter]We also have a loquat tree in our backyard, and had no idea what they were at first! 🙂 Ours had at least a hundred (probably many hundreds) this year. It’s a beautiful tree.

How do you eat them? With the peel, or without? The peel can be pretty bitter, but the kids have been eating directly from the tree with the peel. I prefer peeling them first which makes them taste very sweet…even better than apricots (which I love)!

Any interesting ideas or recipies using loquats? Tips and tricks for preparing and eating them? I’ve heard you can make a loquat marmalade, but that’s a bit too over my head.[/quote]

peel them. Don’t eat the peel. Nasty… Don’t eat the seed (obviously). If you get tired of peeling, you probably can make juice out of them if you wash and crush them…They also make decent fruit for making jams/jelly if you’re into that.

http://thefoodblog.com.au/2009/10/loquat-jelly-recipe.html

But make sure it’s not too large of a jelly jar. otherwise bloomberg might ban it… :([/quote]

If you can find a good home made vanilla icecream recipe then you can chop of the loquat and throw it in and have delicious loquat icecream… I have been planning to do the same with Jackfruit for sometime.[/quote]

Thanks, flu and CE! 🙂

Love the simplicity of the jelly recipe, and the vanilla ice cream sounds awesome. Will report back on how both of these worked.

One thing about loquats…the racoons love them. I’ve seen a few HUGE racoons in our tree at night.

[Coronita]

[quote=CA renter][quote=CDMA ENG][quote=flu][quote=CA renter]We also have a loquat tree in our backyard, and had no idea what they were at first! 🙂 Ours had at least a hundred (probably many hundreds) this year. It’s a beautiful tree.

How do you eat them? With the peel, or without? The peel can be pretty bitter, but the kids have been eating directly from the tree with the peel. I prefer peeling them first which makes them taste very sweet…even better than apricots (which I love)!

Any interesting ideas or recipies using loquats? Tips and tricks for preparing and eating them? I’ve heard you can make a loquat marmalade, but that’s a bit too over my head.[/quote]

peel them. Don’t eat the peel. Nasty… Don’t eat the seed (obviously). If you get tired of peeling, you probably can make juice out of them if you wash and crush them…They also make decent fruit for making jams/jelly if you’re into that.

http://thefoodblog.com.au/2009/10/loquat-jelly-recipe.html

But make sure it’s not too large of a jelly jar. otherwise bloomberg might ban it… :([/quote]

If you can find a good home made vanilla icecream recipe then you can chop of the loquat and throw it in and have delicious loquat icecream… I have been planning to do the same with Jackfruit for sometime.[/quote]

Thanks, flu and CE! 🙂

Love the simplicity of the jelly recipe, and the vanilla ice cream sounds awesome. Will report back on how both of these worked.

One thing about loquats…the racoons love them. I’ve seen a few HUGE racoons in our tree at night.[/quote]

another reason to peel the fruit…

[sdrealtor]

I heard that mischevous racoons dont actually eat loquats they just lick them as a prank.

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