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Quince paste, melimelon
Κυδωνόπαστο, μελίμηλον
Coated with grated almonds
Quinces from grandmother's garden at village
#Gortynia #Arcadia #Peloponnese
#Greece
Κυδωνόπαστο, μελίμηλον
Coated with grated almonds
Quinces from grandmother's garden at village
#Gortynia #Arcadia #Peloponnese
#Greece
Bruschetta with quince paste, graviera flavoured with 4 peppers and walnuts
Walnuts from our field @ Kampos
Walnuts from our field @ Kampos
The Greeks associated the quince with Cydonia on Crete, hence its scientific name of Cydonia oblonga.
According to Pausanias the three sons of Tegeates, Archedius, Gortys and Cydon, were said to have migrated to Crete and to have founded the cities Cydonia, Gortys and Catreus.
According to Pausanias the three sons of Tegeates, Archedius, Gortys and Cydon, were said to have migrated to Crete and to have founded the cities Cydonia, Gortys and Catreus.
Quince was the sacred emblem of goddess Aphrodite,
In Plutarch's Lives, Solon is said to have decreed that "bride and bridegroom shall be shut into a chamber, and eat a quince together."
In Plutarch's Lives, Solon is said to have decreed that "bride and bridegroom shall be shut into a chamber, and eat a quince together."
The Romans continued the Greek tradition, representing the goddess Venus holding a quince in her right hand.
They also gave quince to the couple to dine on as a symbol of good luck luck and fertility.
They also gave quince to the couple to dine on as a symbol of good luck luck and fertility.
In the Middle Ages, quince was also highly valued. It was often served at tables of monarchs and aristocrats, who ate it at banquets and luxury culinary events as a sign of their greatness.
At the Roman cookbook De re coquinaria of "Apicius" specifies in attempting to keep quinces, to select perfect unbruised fruits and keep stems and leaves intact, submerged in honey and reduced wine.
The term "marmalade",originally meaning a quince jam, derives from marmelo, the Portuguese word for this fruit, from Latin melimelum ("sweet apple"), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, honey) + μῆλον (mêlon, apple).
Quince paste is called dulce de merbrillo in Spanish. It is very popular in Brazil (as marmelada), France (as pate de coing), Italy (as cotognata) and Turkey (as ayva peltesi).
