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wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 15 1:06 am Post subject:
Not in waitrose. I have been keeping a look out. I missed them last year, so I'm really looking forward to this years marmalade.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15943

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 15 9:25 am Post subject:
The farm shop we use has them, but I didn't notice the price as I don't make marmalade. I like it, but use it so infrequently that it always goes mouldy, so just don't bother.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 12:26 am Post subject:
Waitrose comes up trumps. £2.49 a kilo, though. I got carried away and bought 4. A lake of marmalade coming up.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 12:40 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Waitrose comes up trumps. £2.49 a kilo, though. I got carried away and bought 4. A lake of marmalade coming up.

Jeez, I bought a kilo of seville oranges, 3 navel oranges two lemons and a jar of black bean sauce for £3!

65p a kilo I think the oranges were

eta - apparently it was 65p a pound - still a sight cheaper than £2.49 a kilo!

kGarden

Joined: 01 Dec 2014
Posts: 178
Location: Suffolk, UK

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 9:51 am Post subject:

The Inlaws are in charge of making Marmalade, but I am thinking time is nigh to move that down a generation!

We use very little Marmalade, so I would appreciate advice as to what weight of oranges to buy - both to make a relatively small batch, whilst being a large enough batch to make it worth doing. We do have a large cauldron jam pot for the stove, and it will take many litres to create some depth in it.

kGarden

Joined: 01 Dec 2014
Posts: 178
Location: Suffolk, UK

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 9:56 am Post subject:

Google bought me back to home

"Marmalade And Other Things To Make With Citrus Fruit"
https://www.downsizer.net/Articles/Cooking,_preserving_and_home_brewing/Marmalade_And_Other_Things_To_Make_With_Citrus_Fruits/

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2lb / 1kg Seville oranges
4lb / 2kg white granulated sugar
2½ - 4pts / 1.5 - 2 litres water
juice of 1 large or 2 small lemons

makes 6 x one-pound jars + 1 x12oz jar, or 9 x 12oz jars

That would be enough jars for me, but 2L of water sounds awfully little for my big Jam pan ... do I just use a regular sized pan?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 11:32 am Post subject:
I use a kilo of oranges in 2 litres of water. You can always use a smaller pan, I just use an ordinary stock pot. I usually make biggish batches of most preserves, but I don't make them all every year. It's much easier to make one or two big batches that last a few years than a smaller batch of everything each year. Jams keep for ages before you open them. Even my low sugar versions.

kGarden

Joined: 01 Dec 2014
Posts: 178
Location: Suffolk, UK

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 11:38 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I usually make biggish batches of most preserves, but I don't make them all every year. It's much easier to make one or two big batches that last a few years than a smaller batch of everything each year. Jams keep for ages before you open them.

Hadn't considered that, thanks. I was mentally tooling up for doing a batch annually, by calendar clockwork, but I will now consider a different type each year and making/keeping more jars / longer.

kGarden

Joined: 01 Dec 2014
Posts: 178
Location: Suffolk, UK

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 11:40 am Post subject:
P.S. We have a Panasonic breadmaker, must be well over 10 years old and will fail at some point. The new ones have a Jam making program, which does small quantities, I wonder if that works well? I quite fancy the idea of being able to convert just a handful of excess Raspberries / Strawberries into something other than Yet More Compost Heap!

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 7:02 pm Post subject:
OH presented me with a 5kg bag of Sevilles last January - that's a LOT of oranges - and I am NOT making marmalade this year! I repeat, NOT!

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 7:14 pm Post subject:

kGarden wrote:

I did 1kg oranges this time and ended up with 7 1/2 jars (most of which have been bagsied by assorted people!)

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4611
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 7:56 pm Post subject:
When will Tangerines be back,not seen them for years ,only Satsumas and Necterines,just not the same flavour.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15943

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 15 7:56 am Post subject:
Do you mean Mandarins Ty Gwyn. Nectarines are a non-hairy peach usually. The supermarket I patronise hasn't even had them, only small or easy peel oranges. I get satsumas at the farm shop.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4611
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 15 12:13 pm Post subject:
Thanks Chris,the only Mandarins i have tasted have been in a tin, It was Clementines i was thinking of not Nectarines.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46185
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 15 10:34 pm Post subject:
i like lime mmlade ,the orange sort im not keen on sevilles do make a good orange liqueur by steeping in high end sprit or by adding to the mash and boiling over

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