CAMPYLOBACTER: Anyone else had it?

[RutlandRooster]

Hi

 

I've never made marmalade before and wondered if I have to use seville oranges.

 

Any tips or recipe recommendations would be great

[Cinnamon]

You do need to use Sevilles really,but I never,ever seem to find them in the shops when they are in season (NOW!).

I use the MaMade tins of prepared stuff,which is fantastic - would never not make my own Marmalade now

[Mrs Webmuppet]

I used the MaMade stuff too, really easy to use. I substituted a little of the water with whisky to give it a little vava voom.

[ClaireG]

Mamade also do a lemon version which is really yummy.

[Cinnamon]

I used the MaMade stuff too, really easy to use. I substituted a little of the water with whisky to give it a little vava voom.

 

Yes,I do that too,but once forgot & added it afterwards & it still wasn't too funny.

just make sure it has cooled down a bit,or it might flame up

 

Didn't know they did a lemon one.......

[majorbloodnock]

Historically, marmalade had no more connection with citrus fruit than any other, and in all likelihood was first associated with quinces. Therefore, the strict answer to the question is "no, seville oranges are not obligatory".

 

Certainly, British influence has meant that (apart from a few historical exceptions, quinces being one) marmalade is generally assumed to be a kind of jam made with citrus fruit. It's also true that British tastes tend far more to the bitter types of marmalade, and that's the main reason for Seville oranges being popular - they're too bitter for much else. However, lemon marmalade, lime marmalade, grapefruit marmalade and marmalade made with mixtures of citrus fruit work just as well, albeit rather sweeter.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

You do need to use Sevilles really,but I never,ever seem to find them in the shops when they are in season (NOW!).

I use the MaMade tins of prepared stuff,which is fantastic - would never not make my own Marmalade now

I used the MaMade stuff too, really easy to use. I substituted a little of the water with whisky to give it a little vava voom.

 

Another Mamade fan here too..........and yes the lemon one is as yummy as the orange one.....with or without the whisky or Drambuie!

 

DH always seemed to be asking if we have any marmalade, so once we'd finished all the little jars I made up a huge kilner jar of Mamade for his Christmas stocking........I don't think he'll be asking again for a while!!!!

 

Sha x

[Couperwife]

lakeland have a tin of prepared seville oranges

 

***here***

 

I was talking to my mum last night and she mantioned MaMade, she seemed to think that this was the same sort of thing

 

cathy

x

[Chook n Boo Mum]

That's it Cathy, just add sugar and water, boil for 30 mins or so & jar it up.........dead simple without all the squeezing & cutting up of peel, which I personally am not overly fond of!

 

Sha x

[Couperwife]

right, thats it, you have all forced me now

 

I just HAVE to get some and make some marmalade

 

oooooh, I am sooooo easily influenced

 

cathy

x

[craftyhunnypie]

I put Dales green ginger wine in with my Mamade. I also love the lemon version they do of Mamade.

 

Emma.x

[Cinnamon]

*Humph* can't get the lemon one anywhere

[ClaireG]

I'm pretty sure it was the dreaded place that begins with T that i got the lemon from.

[Cinnamon]

Nope - we have a mega Tesco in Reading & they haven't had it ever.

 

We don't have any Sainsburys around here - bet its from there

[Mrs Webmuppet]

I can only find the orange variety listed at both Sainsburys and Tescos.

[RutlandRooster]

Isn't MaMade or tinned oranges defeating the object - why not get rid of your chickens and buy eggs - I've seen then for sale in the shops.

 

I really enjoy the process of making preserves, pity I can't grow sevilles or find them in the hedgerows.

 

I'll get down the market at weekend and hope to buy some oranges.

[Cinnamon]

Chickens are pets for most of us,not just a source of eggs

 

I can't get Sevilles for love nor money where I live - never found any in 4 years of looking, & the season is so short that with the tinned kits you can make marmalade all year round.

[C&T]

I've never tried the kits, but made loads of Delia's Dark Chunky marmalade last year. Jars and Jars of it. And it (still is) very good.

 

It was time consuming, and sticky. But cutting up all the rind in front of a good film on TV was quite good fun!

 

(And the carpet cleaner I then borrowed from MIL got most of the stickiness out of the carpet after I had finished making a mess )

[Cinnamon]

Finally found the elusive Sevilles this week.........................2 days after buying a couple of Ma made tins

 

Still,I know where to look next year now