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How much marmalade do you make?...

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grandMattie Sat 16-Jan-16 11:41:51

Lemon marmalade is easy to make - and easy to get fresh fruit the year round. Try making it. One thing though, just a PINCH of bicrab to balalnce the acid.

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grandMattie Sat 16-Jan-16 11:40:34

usd to start with 3 boxes of Sevilles, now reduced to 10 kg!

STrawberry jam is a pig to set. Grey. Use powdered pectin if you can find it, I don't like using bottled pectin, it tastes strange and sort of claggy. Otherwise, mix the strawberries with gooseberries or redcurrants for a good set.

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Greyduster Sat 16-Jan-16 11:36:14

I've never made marmalade - i only like the lemon one. I've only made jam once, but have a freezer stuffed with strawberries ready to have another go - one day!

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Elegran Sat 16-Jan-16 11:33:08

I used to make a lot but I haven't since I was widowed four years ago. It is obvious now who was eating it all . . .

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Bellasnana Sat 16-Jan-16 10:40:56

Me neither, ninathenana, although my mother used to make it in vast amounts every year.???

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ninathenana Sat 16-Jan-16 10:27:58

I've never made marmalade or jam blush

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luluaugust Sat 16-Jan-16 10:09:23

Just made 12b yesterday

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jinglbellsfrocks Sat 16-Jan-16 09:58:56

Yes. I used to make it. I was always amazed at how much you get from just a relatively small amount of oranges.

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thatbags Sat 16-Jan-16 09:51:07

Never counted the jars but I used to buy 3lb of Seville oranges and go from there.

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jinglbellsfrocks Sat 16-Jan-16 09:50:00

None. I buy it from the Church.

Praise the Lord for ladies like you! sunshine

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grandMattie Sat 16-Jan-16 09:43:00

Now I've moved house, I only make about 100 pots of marmalade a year. DH has one a week +/-. I like to give to my friends and acquaintances, and sell a few at various fetes.

In previous years, in our 'old' house, I used to make up to 900 pots p.a., pot provided by parishioners, and sell them in the local church. It became so popular that when I stopped, I received a desperate phone call from Boston, Mass., and a couple of letters from Germany!

I know, I know, but it is nice to know you can make something that makes people happy! I didn't get too much of that from DM and DF [who spent their time disparaging me and my family]!!!

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