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    Orange marmalade

    Hi,
    thought I throw this question open as I know there are experience jammers out there.
    My mom does a it of baking for the WI country market. There marmalade maker is planning to retire soon and my mom has been asked if she could make some for them.
    This lady seems to be making it all year round but I thought you could only make it with Seville oranges?
    Since you only seem to get Seville oranges Jan/Feb time can you freeze them?
    My mom says if you use normal oranges then for some bizarre reason then you would need to pressure cook them.
    So much needed advice needed so I can pass it on.
    Thanks everyone
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    Yes you can freeze but you can also make perfectly good marmalade with citrus other than Seville oranges and without a pressure cooker. Made some lovely lemon and lime the other year.

    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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    • #3
      I use ordinary oranges/grapefruit and some lemons ....................
      Citrus fruit marmalade recipe - All recipes UK

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      • #4
        Thanks for that. I ad to get up with my little boy in the middle of the night and it suddenly I thought if she uses that orange stuff you can get in a big tin from say Lakeland. It is fairly cheap and not so time consuming.
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        • #5
          The Lakeland tin makes gorgeous marmalade, so much easier, and they do different varieties
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          • #6
            After years of using sevilles to make marmalade, I tried the lakeland tin. To be honnest the difference is taste is lost on my tastebuds so thats what I use now. Its so much easier.

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            • #7
              Cheaper to use ordinary oranges and lemons, than to pay postage to Lakeland.....
              Mamade from most supermarkets, is good stuff, for when you just can't be bothered with the prep

              Mamade Prepared Seville Oranges Thin Cut 850G - Groceries - Tesco Groceries

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              • #8
                I use normal oranges. I cut the oranges in half, remove the seeds then roughly chop them. I then blitz them in the food processor, weigh the resulting "mush and bits" and add the correct amount of sugar. Bring to the boil until setting point is reached - hey presto lovely orange marmalade with bits in - delicious
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                • #9
                  Marmalade isn't very well known in Slovakia, but I love it and want to make some. But most of the citrus fruit on sale here has the peel chemically treated with Thiabendazole. Is it the same in the UK? how easily does that stuff wash off? I think I'll have to stick to organic lemons from Lidl.

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                  • #10
                    Here, sometimes you can see organic citrus which is unwaxed - but most of it is waxed (which is what contains the chemicals).
                    I've always just given them a scrub before taking the peel off to put in the marmalade
                    Last edited by Thelma Sanders; 08-11-2014, 10:01 AM.

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                    • #11
                      I always pay mire for unwaxed, they're easy enough to get hold of here and I'm not convinced I'm any good at removing all the yucky stuff.
                      Last edited by Alison; 08-11-2014, 02:07 PM.

                      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                      • #12
                        Don't forget that marmalade was originally made with quinces, and it has been an excellent quince year. There are some good recipes here: Quince Marmalade Recipe - How to make quince marmalade recipe

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                        • #13
                          I notice Sainsbury's are doing the marmalade in a tin like Lakeland. No postage for that one
                          Nannys make memories

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