Fruit identification help needed.

bainbridge · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:21

~>Dg<~ said:
they are really nice to just eat or make jam with em.

& @Eddie jam sounds ideal to preserve them, I'll pick a load and eat some while I gather the jam equipment.

Werewolf · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:22

It's an unripe pancake fresh from the tree.
Give it a few days to ripen and it'll flatten out.

bainbridge · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:23

tom_e said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabelle_plum

I think this is the exact species of plum, the pic of the ripened fruit looks identical.

drakulton · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:25

dLockers said:
Looks like either an acorn or a pine cone?

very good!

robfosters · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:26

It’s spongebobs testicle

Malevolence · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:34

Cut them into eighths, freeze them and use them as ice 'cubes'.

Eddie · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:48

bainbridge said:
& @Eddie jam sounds ideal to preserve them, I'll pick a load and eat some while I gather the jam equipment.

If it was my mother, she'd be making 'plum and bramble jam' and 'plum and apple jam', those are her two favourites, so maybe give them a go.

Every year she makes more jam than she knows what to do with!

Azza · 20 Jul 2021 at 22:56

It is indeed a golden plum. I nearly bought some in Waitrose earlier.

Blackjack Davy · 20 Jul 2021 at 23:13

Definitely a plum, nice. Enjoy.

BallistixOnZ490 · 20 Jul 2021 at 23:15

One time I bought two packs of 'sweetest juiciest plums' from M&S.

They tasted like fibrous lumps of plain water. Such disappointment.

413x · 20 Jul 2021 at 23:28

It's a queen acorn. I should know, my dad kills them for a living.

dcsarge · 21 Jul 2021 at 00:24

Dis86 said:
Didn't realise plums were such a rarity in Bristol!

On the contrary, Bristol is a veritable fruit bowl with variety of nuts too.

~>Dg<~ · 21 Jul 2021 at 00:29

Eddie said:
If it was my mother, she'd be making 'plum and bramble jam' and 'plum and apple jam', those are her two favourites, so maybe give them a go.

Every year she makes more jam than she knows what to do with!

one you cant buy but is the best jam period is strawberry and goosegog or gooseberry to normal people. absolutley amazing. plum jam is nice.

Eddie · 21 Jul 2021 at 00:56

~>Dg<~ said:
one you cant buy but is the best jam period is strawberry and goosegog or gooseberry to normal people. absolutley amazing. plum jam is nice.

I don't think I've tried strawberry & goosegog jam, sounds delicious.

We call them goosegogs in my neck of the woods, too.

We're the normal ones

Malevolence · 21 Jul 2021 at 03:50

Always been goosegogs here too, well at least since the 70s when we first started going to the local pick your own farms. Don't see those much these days.

Tuppy_Glossop · 21 Jul 2021 at 05:28

Get them fermented. Remove the stones then pulp and press the flesh. Leave the juice to stand loosely covered (we want CO2 to get out but no air getting in, so you want a lid that will open when the co2 pressure builds but then drops closed again) and it will ferment with the natural yeasts. If you can't press them, add water and sugar to the pulp (to a gravity of 1060 to 1080) and cover and leave. Filter and drink as fruit wine, or filter and bottle with more sugar for a stronger sparkling wine, or distil (or even freeze out) to get an Eau de Vie.

Angilion · 21 Jul 2021 at 05:51

bainbridge said:
[..] I bit into one and spat it out, it tastes a bit like a plum and has a similar consistency, but not quite as sweet, though it is a sweet and pleasant taste [..]

Now I'm wondering if there are any seriously poisonous fruits that grow in the UK.

randomshenans · 21 Jul 2021 at 09:14

100% plum

Hyburnate · 21 Jul 2021 at 09:55

Tuppy_Glossop said:
Get them fermented. Remove the stones then pulp and press the flesh. Leave the juice to stand loosely covered (we want CO2 to get out but no air getting in, so you want a lid that will open when the co2 pressure builds but then drops closed again) and it will ferment with the natural yeasts. If you can't press them, add water and sugar to the pulp (to a gravity of 1060 to 1080) and cover and leave. Filter and drink as fruit wine, or filter and bottle with more sugar for a stronger sparkling wine, or distil (or even freeze out) to get an Eau de Vie.

Whilst that sounds great, that sounds incredibly convuluted

BallistixOnZ490 · 21 Jul 2021 at 10:00

~>Dg<~ said:
one you cant buy but is the best jam period is strawberry and goosegog or gooseberry to normal people. absolutley amazing. plum jam is nice.

One you can buy thats better is kiwi and gooseberry.

Well not sure if you can buy it anymore, it used to be a Supermarket fancy brand staple. Perfectly sweet and sour / tart.