Marmalade time!

[MickyD]

Sounds like a description of wonderful music. What could it be?

If it was on Breakfast, then you'd only get small segments.

[Chris Newman]

Don't some of these jokes just give you the pip?

[mangerton]

Do you mean they don't appeal to you?

[Curalach]

They might give you a zest for life!!

[french frank]

D*mn you, flossie! They have Seville oranges (£1.50 per kg) on sale at Licatas this morning. I just needed to check quantities on the internet before leaping in.

Hand stayed by the thought that I've got nothing to decant the gorgeous confection into ...

[Curalach]

They have Seville oranges (£1.50 per kg) on sale at Licatas this morning.

That's a very good price. I paid £2.07 per kg yesterday.

[french frank]

How many jars do you need for a given quantity of fruit and sugar?

[MickyD]

They might give you a zest for life!!

Maybe it's time we stopped taking the pith.

[Pianorak]

Maybe it's time we stopped taking the pith.

I think we'd better, else villainous Cruella Seville will be after us!

[Curalach]

You'll probably get as many different answers as contributors!
I expect 3lbs seville oranges + 2 lemons + 8 pints of water + 10lbs of sugar to yield about 15lbs of marmalade which is 15 standard 1lb jars. Can be pro-rated.

[french frank]

You'll probably get as many different answers as contributors!
I expect 3lbs seville oranges + 2 lemons + 8 pints of water + 10lbs of sugar to yield about 15lbs of marmalade which is 15 standard 1lb jars. Can be pro-rated.

I'll go with that, thank you.

3lbs of oranges and 10lbs of sugar???? I thought it would be the other way round. 10lbs of sugar?

[Curalach]

10lbs of sugar?

Home-made marmalade is not for those intent on sticking to their New Year slimming resolution!!

Once the fruit has been softened by simmering in the water for at least 1.5 hours, then removed, chopped up and added back to the water, the resultant liquor will require about 1lb sugar per pint.

[marthe]

Flosshilde, thanks for your suggeston of using lemons to add tartness and pectin. I'll have to find a recipe and give it a try. When I was young, I read some of CS Lewis's children's books and awas always intrgued by the description of "a gloriously sticky maramlade roll." I hadn't (and still haven't) any idea what this was. What is a marmalade roll? It seems quite delicious.

[David Underdown]

How to make perfect marmalade from today's Guardian.

Marthe, I'd assume a marmalade roll would just be a bread roll cut open and spread with (butter and) marmalade, ideally the roll still warm from the oven.

[marthe]

Thanks David, sounds easy enough to make...and quite delicious!