I made an experiment last year with frozen medlars and hawthorns. I had never frozen them before, so I wanted to see if it was worth it.  I tried a couiple of medlars about a week or two later, and I didn't think they were that great.  I just pulled out the whole bag of them now, as medlars are becoming ripe for this year.  They were delicious!  Here's my interpretation: I was tasting Royal medlars last year. They are, IMHO, good but not great.  The ones I tasted yesterday were clearly Nottinghams, which again, IMHO are really excellent.  I think I will freeze a bunch of them again this year, at the end of the season,  but pay more attention to them through the winter and spring.

On the hawthorns, they were edible.  They look terrible! You couldn't really offer them to a guest, unless they were obsessive fruit growing types like us.  They were chewy and they still had some of that flavor, but not all of it.  Hawthorns are medicinal for your heart. The #1 killer of Americans is heart disease.  While they might not taste quite as good and they look awful, I predict that I will freeze some because otherwise, you can't get them.  They are probably better tasting, if uglier, than any other heart medicine.  Free to me, too, at that point. No side effects, unlike statins.

John S
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