BS: Marmalade

Subject: RE: BS: Marmalade
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Jan 19 - 03:33 PM

Grapefruit.

Lime.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Marmalade
From: Gallus Moll
Date: 13 Jan 19 - 05:29 PM

Well Jos, while I am able to make marmalade I'll continue to follow the method of the elderly lady I watched doing it the way her mother had.....

Same for clootie dumpling! My grandma made them for special occasions like birthdays - it was YOUR dumpling and it seemed like it took all day to prepare then boil in its cloot. A rare treat. Yes, I am aware there is a microwave option...but it is just not the same with that skin - and silver thruppenny charms wrapped in twists of greaseproof paper!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmalade
From: Jos
Date: 14 Jan 19 - 04:38 AM

Fair enough, Gallus Moll. And I shall continue to make marmalade the way my mother and grandmother did it.
(It really is so much easier and quicker.)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmalade
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 14 Jan 19 - 06:44 PM

On raspberry jam. In past years when we did have the odd abundance of raspberries and redcurrants, mum would sometimes make a mixed jam using both fruit. I quite like that one, where the tartness of the redcurrants sort of balances out the sweetness of the raspberries.

I'm not sure what was made here last year but I think at least a few jars of blackcurrant jelly, blackcurrant jam and plum jam. Perhaps this year, one of our less reliable trees, a greengage and a damson, may decide to fruit... I don't think we buy any fruit in these days (although there are a few pick your own places in the area) but we try to make use of what happens to grow here.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmalade
From: Charmion
Date: 15 Jan 19 - 09:46 AM

Clootie dumpling! A rare treat, indeed -- especially since the technique of boiling a pudding in a cloth is almost lost today. I had to figure it out from sketchy instructions in a cookbook dating from the 1930s, and what a mess I made! The resulting pud was a bit ragged and inelegant, but very delicious with custard sauce.