Читать книгу The Taste of Britain - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - Страница 299

Medlars are propagated by grafting or budding. Various species have been used to provide rootstock; today, the quince is most commonly employed. The fruit are left on the trees until late autumn and may be quite hard when hand-picked. At this stage they are considered astringent and inedible. The fruit is stored in moist bran or sawdust until it becomes brown and soft. Effectively, this is a controlled rotting of the fruit. They used to be brought to the table in a dish still covered with bran or sawdust and cleaned off by the diners who scraped out the pulp to eat with sugar and cream, and to accompany port.