Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Kitchen Natter => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on October 13, 2013, 16:48
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Just finished bottling (well jarring actually) 18 jars of grapefruit and lemon marmalade (fruit dead cheap from the maket at the end of the day), tastes fab and I think I have a set.
Marmalade is like Marmite, you either like it or hate it, I love it. :)
Cheers, Tony.
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I too love it,I ended up with loads of fruit in January so have enough until next January,although I still have 2 tins of Marmande Seville orange stuff to use up. I have a recipe for marmalade cake that uses 3 tablespoons so we do get through quite a bit.
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I love it and use the Mamade tins, with extras to ring the changes, throughout the year ;)
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Love it. I was lucky enough to get hold of some lovely organic Seville oranges this winter and they have made the most beautiful marmalade. :)
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My mum uses the Mamade tins too; she adds whisky sometimes.
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never thought of putting whisky in,that would make gifts for that forthcoming season wouldn't it :D
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Indeed.
Cointreau is an obvious alternative, too.
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OH loves it and so do my customers.
I have half a freezer stuffed with prepared Sevilles, all done in January ready to be made into marmalade when needed.
I like adding some cinnamon, allspice and whisky with the orange marmalade,
as well as apricots with or without whisky, and with or without ginger or toasted walnuts. toasted walnuts.
Blueberries or lemon, or ginger with the grapefruit.
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Great after kippers too!
I love marmalade, and the only time I was disappointed, was when I managed to get what they called the 'No 5', which was pathetic!
I go by the darkest jar...
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Hate it :wub: its just not for me. Good job i suck at making it too.
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LOVE IT!!!
I make it from my Grandad's recipe which is 3 fruits and cooked slow and long so it is really caramelised, dark and completely yummy!
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I normally do 3 fruits but got mixed up this year & ended up with 4 x 3. So made 4 batches.
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Great after kippers too!
I love marmalade, and the only time I was disappointed, was when I managed to get what they called the 'No 5', which was pathetic!
I go by the darkest jar...
To the dark side have you been turned , Skywalker :D
Sounds like my dark Oxford marmalade. ;)
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Love the flavour and texture of proper marmalade, but detest the bits. Hate peel in anything (OK with zest) so don't eat it. Hate anything orangey warm.
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Sieve the bits out while it is still warm - works a treat :)
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Sieve the bits out while it is still warm - works a treat :)
Used to do this when Mum and I made the Mamade one. She loved bits and I hated them. Not available in BG.
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Love marmalade, have a tin of marmade in the cupboard just waiting for the next jar to be used up from the last batch :)
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Sieve the bits out while it is still warm - works a treat :)
Used to do this when Mum and I made the Mamade one. She loved bits and I hated them. Not available in BG.
Use the normal ingredients but put the peel in a cotton/muslin bag, so you get the taste but can remove it before jarring.
When I had free access to orange and lemon trees, in Greece - I used to follow a normal recipe and sieve some for me but my friends liked the shreds so left theirs in :lol:
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Supplies are a bit basic in Bulgaria and they don't eat marmalade or grow citrus, as I rarely go to a supermarket I eat seasonally as that is what is available. I don't miss it enough to go looking for something I might not be able to get. If Seville oranges reach the big supermarkets (We go once a month) I might make some, we'll see what happens next year, but you are not advised to go far in Jan/Feb due to weather and road conditions.
What will be will be. :).
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Great after kippers too!
I love marmalade, and the only time I was disappointed, was when I managed to get what they called the 'No 5', which was pathetic!
I go by the darkest jar...
To the dark side have you been turned , Skywalker :D
Sounds like my dark Oxford marmalade. ;)
It was indeed, Mrs Bee! my supermarket always sold 1 - 4, but one day I spotted a No 5 strength, which is supposed to be extra violent, and it was paler than Golden Shred, and even less flavour!
We're going to the big supermarket this Thursday, so I'll look out for it again, they don't do it in our local one...
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LOVE IT!!
only ever made it once which was last year, I got hold of a load of cheap lemons and limes so gave it a go - it's really tasty (only one full jar left :ohmy:)
have never heard of the ma made before, might have to give it a try :)
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They do a lemon marmalade & also jam,just strawberry I think. L*keland do them,sometimes on special offer. I also think I had 1 from B & M.
How much whiskey do you think I should add,had a look in the cupboard & found a bottle of Chivas Regal that should be OK shouldn't it?
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Lakelands brand is called Home Cook, and it's a little bit more expensive than MaMade
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/13801/Prepared-Medium-Cut-Seville-Oranges
You'll have to let us know if you see them on offer ;)
5 tablespns of whiskey is about right ;)
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5 tablespns of whiskey is about right ;)
my Dad would love whiskey marmalade! - do you think I could separate a couple of jars worth before potting it up and add a little whiskey to that? (I'm not a fan of whiskey so would prefer mine without it)
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Course you can :D
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Love marmalade!!
And I'm a whizz at making it! :closedeyes: :D
I'm a total shred head though - MUST be heavily shredded ;) :happy:
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Thanks 5 it is then,if I ever get the green tomato out of the pan & potted up,it's refusing to get to that stage,so I've turned it off for tonight.
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I like the sound of grapefruit , I love marmalade , just done some with apple , its cloudier but very tasty , its from an old book I got in a charity shop 100 things to do with apples and each recipie has a little bit about the person who supplied it .
chrissie b
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Mrs Growster always buys me a jar of lime marmalade at Xmonius!
It sometimes lasts until January, but not very often...
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I like lime marmalade.
Might have to make some lemon and lime marmalade later in the year. ;)
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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 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Tosca, I fancy a trip to Bulgaria, I will fetch you some oranges!! :tongue2:
Pamela
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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 :)
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You could make onion marmalade, CQ, as that gets on the shelves about now..;)
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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. :D
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Mrs Bee, if you look through your curtains, it's me just arriving..;0)
Nice one you, making it all too!
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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 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Tosca, I fancy a trip to Bulgaria, I will fetch you some oranges!! :tongue2:
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? :unsure:
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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.
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Doesn't it just sit at the bottom then Mrs Bee? :unsure:
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Be there very, very soon, Mrs Bee, thankyou!
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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.
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Thanks Mrs Bee :happy:
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Marmalade is so horrible I don't know how people eat it. Give me a raspberry jelly any day.
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I am with you Trillium!
I add the slug of whisky to the pan, once it is finished cooking.
Pamela
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Why waste it in the pan, oliveview.... I'd just swallow it :D
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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
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:tongue2: mmm, I am so hungry now. the darker the better - and with whisky. mmm JUST NOT MY TALISKER!! I will kill anyone with a swipe of my maslin pan round the chops if they touch my Talisker. MMMMM, must go and research citrus fruit.... lovely stuff
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Thanks to this post, I've had this song going through this ol' grey head all weekend!
MeMS8SuHPs0
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That's an obscure one Growster! :D
Liked it though :)
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That's an obscure one Growster! :D
Liked it though :)
Thank you Devon, it was always a simple song, but ever so nice, even charming, and the final harmonies just always figured in this ol' grey head...!
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I didn't realise there were so many people who didn't like marmalade , isin t it just orange jam sort of .
chrissie b
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Oooh it's seville orange time!! Might be making some marm (shreddy :D) this coming week ;)