[Oliveview]

Our neighbours have Sevilla orange trees, if their crops fail the streets in the town are lined with the trees.  Imake marmalade, with whisky, I just put a glug into the pan at the end of cooking.  I HATE marmalade, so does Jim, I either give it away or it goes to the refuge to sell.   I get told my marmalade is delicious, I would not know 

Tosca, I fancy a trip to Bulgaria, I will fetch you some oranges!!   

Pamela

[compostqueen]

I love marm but I don't make it as I don't grow oranges. If I make something it has to be from something I've grown. That's what it's all about for me 

[Growster...]

You could make onion marmalade, CQ, as that gets on the shelves about now..

[Mrs Bee]

I'm not such a purist as you CQ.

 And I might find myself divorced if i didn't make marmalade for the OH's breakfast toast.

Does it count if I pick the Sevilles myself. 'Cos I do, I pick them up from Spitalfields market.

And Growster, my shelves always have onion marmalade on them all year round. Can't beat onion marmalade with almost anything meat or cheesey.

[Growster...]

Mrs Bee, if you look through your curtains, it's me just arriving..;0)

Nice one you, making it all too!

[devonbarmygardener]

Our neighbours have Sevilla orange trees, if their crops fail the streets in the town are lined with the trees.  Imake marmalade, with whisky, I just put a glug into the pan at the end of cooking.  I HATE marmalade, so does Jim, I either give it away or it goes to the refuge to sell.   I get told my marmalade is delicious, I would not know 

Tosca, I fancy a trip to Bulgaria, I will fetch you some oranges!!   

Pamela

Pamela - when do you add the whisky?
We love whisky marmalade and I could have a go next february but I don't know when to add the booze?

[Mrs Bee]

Growster, I will put some very upmarket sausages in the pan to go with it, or perhaps that really nice mature cheddar  with the walnut bread.

I make several types of onion marmalade and I am working on a real one at the moment.

DBG you make the marmalade and then put in 1 or 2 teaspoons of whisky to the jar before pouring in the marmalade. I always go for 2 teaspoons for a 12oz jar or 3 if it is a 1lb jar.

[devonbarmygardener]

Doesn't it just sit at the bottom then Mrs Bee?

[Growster...]

Be there very, very soon, Mrs Bee, thankyou!

[Mrs Bee]

Fill the jar almost to the top, give the contents of thejar a little stir with a teaspoon and it disperses fine.

Although when I am in a rush I find that pouring the boiling hot marmalade on top seems to do the trick without stirring.  You get a real rush of whisky smell from the jar. 

I have a bottle of red waiting too, Mr Growster.

[devonbarmygardener]

Thanks Mrs Bee :happy:

[Trillium]

Marmalade is so horrible I don't know how people eat it.  Give me a raspberry jelly any day.

[Oliveview]

I am with you Trillium!   
I add the slug of whisky to the pan, once it is finished cooking.

Pamela

[Trillium]

Why waste it in the pan, oliveview.... I'd just swallow it   

[brianbishop]

We go to Nerja, Spain every winter and always bring back some oranges picked from the streets where they grow in profusion,also bring back a bottle of Sobrano brandy, then make the" marmalade de Nerja" con brandy when we get home!!! Reminds me of sunny spain every time I have some for breakfast.
Bish