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"I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred orange and scrub the floor." - D.H. Lawrence
Here's my recipe for ORANGE MARMALADE at my cooking website: MissCookbook.com.
After the canning of pickles In February, I still was determined to NEVER can/preserve another thing. Those memories of Mama hovering over a hot steamy stove in the summertime with no air conditioning will always linger!
But you know what they say about "NEVER." Friends brought us a very large bucket of Seville oranges from their tree. I thought, "Oh goody - orange juice!" Nope, turns out Seville oranges are sour and bitter; they're terrible for juice or eating. What do you do with them? You make orange marmalade. In fact they are the premier orange (greatly desired) for marmalade.
Oh, dear heavens...see where this is leading?
My husband chimed in that orange marmalade is his favorite jam or jelly. I was hoping he would forget that little factoid.
So now, faced with friends and spouse looking expectantly at me and my bucket of oranges, I'm forced to comply with the inevitable. It being the middle of winter helped greatly with my magnanimous decision to once "can" again.
Having no idea how to make marmalade, I tested two different recipes and read a dozen. After doing a lot of combining and tasting, I think this one is a winner. Here's my recipe from my cooking website, Miss Cookbook: https://www.misscookbook.com/orange-marmalade.html
But you know what they say about "NEVER." Friends brought us a very large bucket of Seville oranges from their tree. I thought, "Oh goody - orange juice!" Nope, turns out Seville oranges are sour and bitter; they're terrible for juice or eating. What do you do with them? You make orange marmalade. In fact they are the premier orange (greatly desired) for marmalade.
Oh, dear heavens...see where this is leading?
My husband chimed in that orange marmalade is his favorite jam or jelly. I was hoping he would forget that little factoid.
So now, faced with friends and spouse looking expectantly at me and my bucket of oranges, I'm forced to comply with the inevitable. It being the middle of winter helped greatly with my magnanimous decision to once "can" again.
Having no idea how to make marmalade, I tested two different recipes and read a dozen. After doing a lot of combining and tasting, I think this one is a winner. Here's my recipe from my cooking website, Miss Cookbook: https://www.misscookbook.com/orange-marmalade.html
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