Quince - anywhere near west or near south 'burbs?

Anyone know where I might be able to get quince?

I found a recipe that sounds lovely that I'd like to try.

Hi - Perhaps an Asian market might have it? I believe there's at least one in Naperville....

if you are in the city on the far north side, Devon Market (Devon just east of Broadway) in Edgewater/Rogers Park usually have quince. You can call ahead to check stock.

And if you still have not found quince, plenty at HarvesTime on Lawrence near Rockwell.

This is not an item that should be difficult to find, especially at this time of year. My mom was making quince compote (one of my dad's old-country faves - for me, not so much) decades ago and she never had a problem finding it in a dedicated fruit/vegetable market.

Kinda close to near west or near south burbs is the Pete's Market on Pulaski, just south of I-55. I saw a crate of quince there today, $1.69 each. They usually have them there in the fall, but I made a point of checking today, to make sure. They're located on the left (north) side of the produce section, in the second aisle, if I'm remembering correctly. They are located along with other lower-demand fruits (in other words, not in one of the larger, more permanent stands, but off on a side table with rotating selections of produce.)

Pete's Fresh Market
4343 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL
(773) 927-4300 ‎
petesfresh.com

Not sure if anyone is looking for fresh quince in the southern burbs or not. But I seen some at Caputo's in Naperville today. Not sure how long they'll last.

dan

Any recent quince spottings?

There's Quince on Hinman in Evanston.

They're usually at Marketplace on Oakton.

Found some at Chicago's Downtown Farmstand on 66 E Randolph (at Wabash). They are small and knobbly but they for sure are quince. So excited!

And the result - look at that spectacular color! Plan to top them with Creme Fraiche and eat for breakfast this morning:

leek wrote:Found some at Chicago's Downtown Farmstand on 66 E Randolph (at Wabash). They are small and knobbly but they for sure are quince. So excited!

How much were they? What Farmer?

They have large quinces at Stanley's $1.99 each and maybe I saw $2.49/lb. at Valli's last week.

I made a lovely cake and syrup from Claudia Fleming's The Last Course last year. Was hoping to put some up, but can't really add any new projects until after the 2nd.

They were $3 per pound. I don't know which farmer. They were local. They all were about the size of a pear, maybe the size of my fist, or a little bigger? I bought all the ones they had that day (Thurs). Sadly, most had had bugs take up residence inside, so I had a lot of cutting out of sections to do. I still got a good amount of fruit. They didn't seem like they were fully ripe.

I also simmered the scrubbed peels and the seed/core sections to get pectin. Not sure exactly how to keep that, maybe it can be frozen?

I might go look at Stanley's and see where theirs are from.

The largest producer of Quince is Turkey, worldwide, but I'm not sure if any of that fruit would make it here. On the other hand, they are pretty sturdy fruit, and it seems they'd travel well. On the third hand, they don't (apparently) ripen once off the tree, so if they are picked sub-ripe to travel, they are going to stay sub-ripe.