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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands
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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. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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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. |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands
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Waitrose comes up trumps. £2.49 a kilo, though. I got carried away and bought 4. A lake of marmalade coming up. |
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Jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon
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| 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! |
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kGarden
Joined: 01 Dec 2014
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Location: Suffolk, UK
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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. |
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kGarden
Joined: 01 Dec 2014
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Location: Suffolk, UK
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands
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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. |
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kGarden
Joined: 01 Dec 2014
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Location: Suffolk, UK
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| 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. |
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kGarden
Joined: 01 Dec 2014
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Location: Suffolk, UK
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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! |
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gythagirl
Joined: 18 Feb 2010
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Location: Somerset
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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! |
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Jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 15 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| kGarden wrote: |
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. |
I did 1kg oranges this time and ended up with 7 1/2 jars (most of which have been bagsied by assorted people!) |
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010
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Location: Lampeter
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When will Tangerines be back,not seen them for years ,only Satsumas and Necterines,just not the same flavour. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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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. |
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010
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Location: Lampeter
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Thanks Chris,the only Mandarins i have tasted have been in a tin,
It was Clementines i was thinking of not Nectarines. |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 15 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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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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