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From your description of the thorns I would guess that this is a quince. Bitter until dead ripe, and the seeds are known to be very toxic. Locally it’s usually made into jam or pate de coing. We had one for it’s pretty red flowers, but the thorns eventually got to me and I dug it out.
10 months agoHi,
Or soy sauce. Those are unripe soy beans. They will darken as they ripen. They are harvested late, after the plant has turned brown and dry. Living in southern Minnesota for thirty years gave me a familiarity with them I can’t seem to shake!
Cheers,
Keith
Hard and bitter, not apple-y at all! It's the countryside that is teasing us, with it's cuckoo fruit. We did get one good pear!
10 months agoDid you actually taste it? There’s a lot of fruit teasing going on in this days posting eh!
10 months agoWhat made them inedible?
10 months agoYou’re definitely one of the three wise men, Steve! 😊
10 months agoPrevious season being some 2000 years ago in Bethlehem.
10 months agoProtein is a cyclists friend.
10 months agoEither the star is “still up” from previous Christmas or they are already getting pointed in the direction of the season..;)
10 months agoA true protein start!
10 months agoWow. Looks like a great trip.
10 months agothen, a young lady
10 months agoWe join you in the eye rolling. Tell J it was a nostalgic photo, and assure him that butt pictures are now a thing of the past.
10 months agoJ says: for goodness sake! Why did you take a cow butt picture without Joe?! You have to do it with Joe! Also - you can do it without Joe. Maybe only one time each day…
Me: *rolling my eyes at this nonsense
Such sweet faces!
10 months ago