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Subject: BS: Feijoa recires? From: Gurney Date: 21 Apr 12 - 12:14 AM Its Autumn here, and we have Feijoas for Africa! We've made lots of jam, -do you call it jelly?- but the trees are still loaded. Everyone who likes them is trying to give them away because they have trees, too. Does anyone have a pie or pudding recipe that they'd like to share? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recires? From: Gurney Date: 21 Apr 12 - 12:16 AM Could a Mudelf please change that offending R for a P? Thanks.
No problem!:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recires? From: John MacKenzie Date: 21 Apr 12 - 04:29 AM I'm puzzled, as to me feijao means bean in Portuguese. never heard of bean jam. The Portuguese do a lovely quince jam, called marmelada though. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recires? From: Jack Campin Date: 21 Apr 12 - 04:44 AM The combination of grittiness and acidity should make for a great bath and toilet cleaner. I never could figure out why people ate them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recires? From: Megan L Date: 21 Apr 12 - 05:02 AM try here food.com |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recires? From: John MacKenzie Date: 21 Apr 12 - 05:11 AM "A small, egg-shaped fruit native to South America, that is often mislabeled in produce sections as guava. Feijoa's fragrant, cream-colored flesh that encloses a jellylike center. The flavor is reminiscent of quince, pineapple, strawberry and banana. The skin of the feijoa fruit is blue/green and varies in texture from smooth to coarse. Feijoas range in size from 3/4 to 3-1/2 inches long and vary in shape from round to elongated pear shape. Although you cannot eat the skin of a feijoa fruit raw, you can use it as an ingredient in preserves. Ethnicity: South American Ingredient Season: available year-round How to select: Choose fruit with a rich fragrance that gives slightly to the touch. How to store: Ripen in a paper bag with an apple for several days at room temperature. Ripe fruit can be refrigerated 3-5 days. How to prepare: Remove bitter peel." The things one learns. How confusing though. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recires? From: Barb'ry Date: 21 Apr 12 - 07:17 AM I agree with Jack - they smell like toilet cleaner too. My kids like them though. I will look up some recipes for them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: vectis Date: 21 Apr 12 - 05:31 PM They are related to guavas and grow in NZ too so they probably have recipes by the score for them. I like 'em in smoothies. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Little Robyn Date: 22 Apr 12 - 05:46 AM We have thousands of them lying under our two trees. My favourite recipe is for feijoa cake, tho' you can use any fruit - either stewed or tinned or raw. Cream 125 gr (4 oz) butter with 1 cup sugar. Mix 1tsp baking soda into 1-2 cups fruit (raw feijoa pulp) and mix so it fizzes. Add to the creamed mixture. Add spices - cinnamon/ginger/allspice - to your taste. Then add 2 cups self raising flour and mix well. Bake in a moderate oven for 1 - 1 1/2 hours. Robyn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Little Robyn Date: 22 Apr 12 - 05:54 AM Another idea is to substitute feijoas for apple in a basic crumble pudding. Or in a pie. We sometimes just freeze the pulp in plastic bags until we want them and I have a friend who bottles them. Enjoy. Robyn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Little Robyn Date: 22 Apr 12 - 06:02 AM There's a picture here and all you want to know about them. Robyn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Gurney Date: 22 Apr 12 - 04:54 PM My yesterday's post obviously didn't get to the thread, as sometimes happens. Robyn's link above is 'our' Feijoa, better than my lost description, and Megan's link has a couple of recipes to try, including a crumble like Robyn's. Thank you both. As Robyn said, two trees, because they need to cross-pollinate. That is one-and-a-half trees too many, and most people we know who like Feijoas have trees anyway. Fallen fruit encourages rats. Boots-the-neighbours-cat does his best, but he can't eat them all. Just half of each. Guess where he leaves the other halves. We're not rat-infested, but we live near a creek. Composting the fruit means fruit flies, who like wine, both during the making and the drinking. Life is SO full of interest, sometimes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Jack Campin Date: 22 Apr 12 - 05:06 PM Does anybody know why they got so popular in New Zealand? My parents had a feijoa bush in the 1960s, and they weren't unusual even then. It isn't a native plant, so whose bright idea was it to start cultivating them? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Little Robyn Date: 22 Apr 12 - 05:35 PM We didn't know about them (in Wellington) until the late 50s. Here in Hawke's Bay they're everywhere. We planted our trees in 1986. Robyn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Feijoa recipes? From: Gurney Date: 22 Apr 12 - 11:50 PM We planted ours about 1975. They are probably popular because they are so low-maintenance, need no spraying, fertilising, and only watering from late summer. As I said, they crop heavily, most years, and insects rarely get in the fruit. Sometimes Blackbirds eat the flowers. And they are welcome to. Very different from our apple tree, beset by borer and codlin moth. |
