Medlar Bletting, Jam and Jelly making

[@jannkosto]

Thank you, Karl, for the video. I know that fruit from my childhood ( I was born in North Caucasus). When I moved to the UK I found it here too, which was an absolute delight. I never tried medlar jelly or jam but I am going to make one this year. Thank you for the recipe , it will definitely help!

[@SelfSufficientHub]

That’s so great to hear! Let me know how you get on

[@pamelajenkins2635]

Thank you! I planted a medlar tree a few years ago, and this year it bore fruit for the first time: TWO FRUITS! haha But I wanted to know what to expect, and this was very helpful and encouraging. These medlars look to be a lot easier than the persimmons (native N. American) that we used to have or our paw-paws (native N. American)! I also have a few apples, so it's not ALL weird fruit in my yard! Here in the US, no one really seems to have heard about medlars, but I knew about them from reading Medieval sources and have a little medieval style herb and fruit garden which I placed a medlar tree in. THANKS.

[@natalischreier5196]

A brilliant guide to making medlar jelly! Thank you for posting it. My husband and I have a medlar tree in our garden and this year we had a bumper crop of at least three kilos. So exciting to find your video and try making our first medlar jam. Posting this from our house in Samobor, Croatia.

[@alexismitchel-rowe989]

Watching your video this morning, Karl, and making my very first Medlar jelly! We moved home, to Wiltshire, in September and our cottage garden has a lovely Medlar tree!

[@vivienmaverley22]

Very valuable video it’s good to actually see the bletted fruit. I have picked my fruits early and put them in the freezer they are now defrosting and the juice is beautiful I am going to make a jelly and a liqueur,thank you so much for showing me when they are ready

[@Ibriden]

Thank you very much for this lovely video. Very instructive. Greetings from Algeria.

[@melissaphillis7247]

Thanks for this! We've recently found out that Medlars are a recommended tree to grow in our part of Australia, terrific to see what we can do with them!

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks Mellisa! Good luck 😊👍

[@leeduke2598]

Hi, forgaged a bucket of fruit today from a generous local nursery. Looking forward to making jelly first then hopefully a jam with the remainder. I usually make crabapple or quince or rose petal/rosehip jelly. Even tried quince marmalade and membrillo. Beautiful! Loved the video, even with the boo boo's in it, makes it more real and honest. Gotta make mistakes to learn. Gives you more confidence to give it a go. Cheers from Waikato, NZ 🌹🙏.

[@christineboard5309]

We have a medlar tree in our garden with a huge amount of fruit useful tips will be making some jam and jelly.

[@gaiadance]

Thanks so much about to harvest our tree here in NZ

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Very welcome - hope it goes well 😊👍

[@kebman]

I think these are perfect fruits for export, given that they take so long to ripen. I'd love to get this in stores here in Norway. Thanks for a great video!

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thank you for your kind words, and yes that’s a great idea!

[@opheliahamlet3508]

I missed the amount of sugar. I don't know if we can get these in the US, but I'm surely going to look. It sounds delicious and terrific with the Christmas turkey

[@samasonedderman]

Thanks a lot. Some generous just gave me loads of medlar via a free app. Now I know what to do with it. Stella

[@williamklopfenstein53]

I enjoyed the video as I am new to medlars. However, I am quite experienced at canning and you had the jar tongs upside down. The curved portion is used to grip the jar. The straight part is the handle.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks William 👍😊

[@ullaklein9779]

Great, thank you.

[@paulbazeley6259]

Great video again Karl. I'll most definitely be in the lookout for these next winter! Looks amazing 👌

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks Paul. I only became aware of them a couple of years ago and have no idea why they are not more well known.

[@jts2561]

Thank you, that was very helpful! I‘ve seen the fruits at the Turkish supermarkets here in Vienna, but never knew what to do with them!

[@SelfSufficientHub]

You’re very welcome- so glad you found itbuseful

[@DavidJJames]

Many thanks. You know your onions and generously share your knowledge. I appreciate.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

David James thank you for your kind words!

[@nicholasjordan1697]

I have a large medler now it’s just a wait for December to process, very good clear informative video 👍

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks Nicholas! Glad you found it useful. They really are a great fruit

[@carolineross5462]

All you need to know about medlars. Very interesting

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thank you Caroline, very kind

[@helenduff6584]

Thanks wasn't sure what to do with them

[@SelfSufficientHub]

So glad you found it useful

[@indiancruise12]

Thank you Karl, we moved to a new house and we have a medlar tree that is ancient, Only 6 fruit last year but we pruned it this year and there is a lot of flowers now this year. will mulch it and feed it to get more . then see what I can do

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Sounds good to me! They are extremely long lived trees so I’m sure you can nurse it back to full vigour 😊👍

[@Surfergirl637]

Really craving some jelly right about now! I do have to ask, what is that mysterious egg slide you having going on to the left of your stove? 8:15 // 11:01

[@SelfSufficientHub]

ChickenFriedChicken haha. Well eggs like to have fun too you know! When we collect the eggs we put them in boxes and the spares go in the “helter skelter” for family use!

[@alextodd6828]

Carl, Just watched this vid, fantastic! I'm thinking you should use some of this for next September's challange as a back up for honey. Best, Alex

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Cheers Alex. Sorry for the delayed response 😊👍

[@kebman]

Have you ever tasted Cloudberries?

[@SelfSufficientHub]

No sir, I’m not familiar with those

[@kebman]

@@SelfSufficientHub AFAIK they're possible to get in the Scottish highlands, and they're prevalent in the North of Norway (or the North of the Nordic hemisphere). Back in the day, they used to hunt down anyone who stole cloudberries where I grew up, shotgun in hand lol xD Edit: I just wondered, since I've never heard of Medlar. Perhaps you'd never heard of Cloudberries. Now I want to taste Medlar, and I hope you get to taste Cloudberries some day. ^^

[@SelfSufficientHub]

@@kebman thank you so much for the info

[@samasonedderman]

You are right...this is the closest thing to honey one can get. In fact I don't really like honey, this however is heavenly! Thank you!

[@ImpersoNation11]

Trying to get hold of some cuttings to graft on to hawthorn rootstock. Do you know where I could get some? Don't really want to buy a mature tree as they're quite pricey.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Hmmm no sorry. I don’t actually have a tree, I harvest from a neighbour’s garden otherwise I would happily send you one

[@ImpersoNation11]

@@SelfSufficientHub no problem, thanks for the reply 👍🏻.

[@gillium3]

Here in Washington I grow and sell medlar. [e-mail]

[@TheAtskin]

Making this tofay and about to bottle. Deliecious. Altho my husband is scared its not a medlar and we ate going to die. Hahaha. Boght this house 6 years ago witha medlar and i cant be anything else. 😅😅

[@garrymallardoam916]

There is a Medlar tree in my local park (high-country Australia) and the fruit go begging every year, mainly because few know what they are and how to manage them, I suspect. Question: You say the jelly tastes like (or close to) honey. Do you mean by that, that it is just super sweet, or does the medlar influence actually give that sweetness honey-esque qualities. I ask because "tastes not unlike honey" seems to be the forager's equivalent of the carnivore's "tastes like chicken" and I rarely find it does.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Hi Garry, I completely understand your question, and in my opinion it genuinely tastes similar to honey. I am not making comment on the sweetness but the actual flavour. Of course, this will be variable on your recipe and fruits etc, and I am not saying it tastes identical to honey, but definitely has a honey flavour. Hope this helps and thanks for writing

[@garrymallardoam916]

@@SelfSufficientHub Thanks. I appreciate the clarification. I'm a beekeeper, so I'd know the difference ;-) It's winter here and there is a medlar tree growing by a little river, very near my home. It's loaded with fruit....for the moment.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Garry Mallard OAM I also keep bees 👍

[@garrymallardoam916]

@@SelfSufficientHub Well done, Sir. No one can approach the concept of self-sufficiency without bees. I'm preparing to add Slovenian beehives and bee house, to my 1 & 1/4 acre patch. A total departure to the traditional Langstroth set-up I have now.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Garry Mallard OAM nice! I am very new to beekeeping. I only have one colony at the moment and I’m looking after them at our local club’s facilities while I learn, they will be coming home to my apiary in a few weeks. I will be posting videos of my journey into beekeeping in the coming days- you can let me know if I’m doing anything wrong! Lol Got my first sting yesterday 🤣

[@melinadayrit8725]

Wow! It is not familiar the fruits for me, but I wanna taste! Here in the Philippines nothing in the Mall. I hope someday will have, how much kilo? Sir that's your own Harvest?

[@SelfSufficientHub]

I didn’t weigh it but I would guess this was about 5kg? Yes this was all harvested locally 😊

[@DeForestRanger]

Question: what is the proportion of juice to sugar? You said, "Half as much," but is that by weight or volume? I have a friend who has a medlar tree and has offered the fruit to me. I'm looking forward to making medlar jelly.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Hi Crow - I go by volume

[@DeForestRanger]

@@SelfSufficientHub, thanks! I'm looking forward to trying this.

[@DeForestRanger]

@@SelfSufficientHub, I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE medlar jelly! I cooked mine too long and it set up rather like taffy, but by reheating it and adding some water, it thinned down nicely and re-set to a more jelly-like consistency. It's lovely as a jelly, but where I'm really enjoying it is as a glaze for pork. Tonight, I'm making baby back ribs with a medlar/sri racha/soy glaze.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

@@DeForestRanger I am with you 100%

[@SUPERFRUITofficial]

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[@maem7636]

" I am 62 years of age and this is my first time for hearing about this fruit. Thanks for sharing this information with your viewers. "

[@SelfSufficientHub]

👍😊