[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

644.0. "Marmalade" by RAGGLE::NOBLE () Thu Jul 02 1987 16:42

    Are there any other makers of marmalade around? I have long
    believed that breakfast is incomplete without homemade marmalade,
    but since moving to the USA from England I have been unable to
    locate a source of Seville oranges to use in making it, and am
    wondering if anyone else knows of anywhere they can be found.
    I've been using a number of other recipes which use Californian
    navel oranges instead, but they're really too sweet - marmalade
    for me should be quite bitter. The addition of lemons and/or
    lemon juice helps but the flavor still isn't right. I've also
    done marmalade with other citrus fruits such as grapefruit and
    limes, and they're nice, but I get a yearning for (what I think
    of as) traditional English orange marmalade. Seville oranges are
    really much too tart for eating as they are, and in England are
    sold solely for the purposes of making marmalade. Does anyone
    know where they might be found here, or know of any variety that
    might be substituted?

    ...Robert

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
644.1		USMRW7::JFERGUSON	Transplanted Desert Rat	`Thu Jul 02 1987 17:21`	5
	There are bitter/sour orange trees grown as ornamentals in the Southwest but I have never seen the fruit for sale. Do you happen to know anyone who might send you some? Judy
644.2	I was brought up on Smuckers, but...	PSTJTT::TABER	Reliefe is just a NEXT UNSEEN away	`Mon Jul 06 1987 12:38`	8
	There's a mail order outfit called William Sonoma (or Williams/Sonoma, I'm not sure) that has canned seville oranges for people who are into marmalade making. They have stores in Boston and San Francisco and the usual 800 number. If you call one of the stores or directory assistance for the 800number and call that, I'm sure you can get ordering info. (I don't have a catalog around just now.) >>>==>PStJTT
644.3		ENGGSG::WHITCOMB		`Mon Jul 06 1987 16:03`	8
	I just happen (believe it or not) to have a Williams Sonoma catalog in my possession at this very moment! Their address is P.O. Box 7456, San Francisco, CA 94120-7456, and their number is (415)-421-4242. I just recently heard a rumor that Williams Sonoma has a retail store in Boston near Quincy Market (I think it's in that new building between the market and the waterfront)
644.4		ENGGSG::WHITCOMB		`Mon Jul 06 1987 16:28`	9
	OOPS!! I just realized that in my previous reply (644.3) I mentioned that Williams Sonoma had a retail store in the Boston area. Not realizing that notes readers are from many different locations, Williams Sonoma has retail stores in several cities across the U.S. Their operators would gladly refer you to a location nearest you.
644.6	orange marmalade revisited...	CSC32::BAER	There's a Silvaire Lining in Every Cloud!	`Wed Oct 10 1990 19:20`	17
	To re-open an old note... :-) I've looked through all the jam/jelly notes I can find and am currently working on a search for an orange marmalade recipe. Is there one in the file or does someone have one they'd be kind enough to enter? :-) None of the pectin boxes have a recipe for one and so far I haven't found one I liked in any of my recipe books. (None of them call for pectin and I want to make sure it jells thoroughly.) I'm considering coming up with my own, but I'm just not sure of the proportions. One of the ones I've found calls for only 4 oranges, 1 lemon and 6 cups of sugar (which sounds excessive to me.) Thanks very much in advance! \Caroline
644.7	a pointer to supplies/recipe	TYGON::WILDE	illegal possession of a GNU	`Thu Oct 11 1990 17:26`	13
	for those serious about their marmalade: Call Williams-Sonoma catalog of cooking goodies, headquartered in S.F. cal. Ask them about their seville bitter oranges, etc. for REAL marmalade. They have the right oranges and you will get the proper bitter/sweet/tart taste of the best british brands. They also have a recipe using their fruit. The fruit comes canned, sliced and prepared to cook. The result is well worth the time, effort, and money. PS. the six cups of sugar sounds quite right, actually...the orange peel is NOT sweet and takes quite a bit of sugar to offset it.
644.10	orange marmalade recipe	CSC32::BAER	There's a Silvaire Lining in Every Cloud!	`Mon Oct 22 1990 23:14`	22
	Here's the only recipe for orange marmalade I've been able to pull out of any recipe books I have. \Caroline 4 medium oranges 6 cups sugar 1 medium lemon 1/2 6-ounce bottle liquid 1/4 teaspoon soda fruit pectin Remove fruit peels; scrape off excess white. Cut peels in very fine shreds. Add 1 1/2 cups water and soda; bring to boil; cover and cook slowly 10 minutes. Remove white membrane on fruit; section fruit, working over bowl to catch juice. Combine pulp, reserved juice and peel; cover; cook slowly 20 minutes. Measure 3 cups; add sugar. Bring to boil; cook 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add fruit pectin. Skim and stir 5 minutes. Pour into hot sterilized glasses; seal. Makes six 8-ounce glasses.