As I biked up to the house after work today, I noticed that my neighbor had chopped down a few large branches of his Loquat tree. Loving Loquats, Japanese Plumb, or Muspalus (sp) as we called them in Lafourche, I inquired about the fate of the forsaken branches. My neighbor's handyman assured me that they were going to sit there until sanitation intervened, so I ran to the house, grabbed a bag, and started picking.
Now I have about four to five pounds of Muspalus (pronounced MOOSE-pa-LOOSE). I could just peel them and eat them raw as I have all my life, but I'm wondering if there isn't some potentially amazing Muspalus recipe out there.
Any ideas people? I ran into another neighbor while plundering the fallen fruit tree branches. He said that he once made "a pretty damn tasty cobbler out of the stuff".
There was the sweetest woman back home who used to make a butter with these (she also made popcorn balls for Halloween - awesome lady). Sorry...I don't have her recipe, and I know making jams, jellies, and butters can be complicated. hmmm...I know she used cinnamon.
ReplyDeleteA cobbler or crumble would be easier and still tasty. I'm interested to see what ya do. :)
Have fun!