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Jane Steward, author of 'Medlars – Growing & Cooking,' talks about how to grow medlar, how to cook medlar — and shares some fascinating medlar history.
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Show Notes
How to Grow and Cook Medlar
Jane Steward, author of Medlars – Growing & Cooking, talks about how to grow medlar, how to cook medlar, and shares some fascinating medlar facts. (Find out how medlar wood was used in Dutch windmills!)
Steward planted a medlar orchard, holds the UK National Collection of medlars, and runs Eastgate Larder—a food business where she processes medlar.
We talk about:
- How to grow medlar (Mespilus germanica)
- How to cook medlar
- Steward’s journey into planting a medlar orchard and starting a food-processing business
- How to “blet” medlar
- Medlar rootstock
- Medlar fruit in Turkey and around the Caspian Sea
- (Spoiler alert: we also hear about medlar gin and a delicious medlar chutney)
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