Comments on: Citrus season: marmalade! http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/ Sun, 20 May 2012 13:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nancy http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-148782 Nancy Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:24:11 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-148782 Hi Herbwife, I have not made marmalade before. Do I need to slice off the peel in advance of slicing the fruit? Should I be minimizing the pith? Or just slice thinly through the whole fruit? Also, can this be frozen once it starts to gell intead of water bathing in canning jars? What do I do if I don't end up with enough seed pectin? Will the gel just be soft? Your marmalade picture looks so inviting :) Hi Herbwife, I have not made marmalade before. Do I need to slice off the peel in advance of slicing the fruit? Should I be minimizing the pith? Or just slice thinly through the whole fruit? Also, can this be frozen once it starts to gell intead of water bathing in canning jars? What do I do if I don’t end up with enough seed pectin? Will the gel just be soft? Your marmalade picture looks so inviting :)

]]> By: ellen http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-140967 ellen Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:46:40 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-140967 Hi Herbwife, if nothing else may I compliment you on your beautiful header photo. It's quite wonderful. The other photos I found on your site are just as lovely. I just purchased a lot of ponderosa lemons at my local farmers market and since I've never used them before for marmalade I decided to look up info. Your site was the only one that made sense. Though I've been making marmalades, jams, preserves and chutney's for years this will be my first time using this glorious fruit. Thanks for posting your information (and photo) and now I must get canning. I will check your site from time to time as I really enjoyed reading past entries. Just so you know, Rose Works is the name of my canning enterprise. Hi Herbwife, if nothing else may I compliment you on your beautiful header photo. It’s quite wonderful. The other photos I found on your site are just as lovely.
I just purchased a lot of ponderosa lemons at my local farmers market and since I’ve never used them before for marmalade I decided to look up info. Your site was the only one that made sense. Though I’ve been making marmalades, jams, preserves and chutney’s for years this will be my first time using this glorious fruit.
Thanks for posting your information (and photo) and now I must get canning.
I will check your site from time to time as I really enjoyed reading past entries.
Just so you know, Rose Works is the name of my canning enterprise.

]]> By: Denny http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-125722 Denny Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:49:18 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-125722 What a wonderful marmalade! What a wonderful marmalade!

]]> By: linda http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-83760 linda Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:01:38 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-83760 I had just made my first marmalade out of kumquats and oranges when I found this post. I didn't know that the seeds help make the pectin! Next time! I am going to make an onion marmalade soon as well. Faye, I buy my canning jars in supermarkets seasonally but you can either go to the Ball website (they are a canning company) or Lehmans, both of which I have purchased from online, good reputable companies. I had just made my first marmalade out of kumquats and oranges when I found this post. I didn’t know that the seeds help make the pectin! Next time! I am going to make an onion marmalade soon as well.
Faye, I buy my canning jars in supermarkets seasonally but you can either go to the Ball website (they are a canning company) or Lehmans, both of which I have purchased from online, good reputable companies.

]]> By: Faye http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-83349 Faye Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:44:25 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-83349 Oh wow! Those marmalades look gorgeous! We just joined an organic produce buying club here in South Florida, and blood oranges were part of the delivery last week. I'm hoping they'll be part of our first box this coming Tuesday. I recently made a batch of preserved salted lemons, using some of your tips, Rebecca. I would love to start making marmalade too! Where do you suggest is the best place to buy canning jars and supplies online? We live in the Florida Keys, which is not a shopper's paradise. I have to resort to buying most things from Amazon, or other sites. Thanks for creating such a comprehensive, holistic site, Rebecca! Oh wow! Those marmalades look gorgeous! We just joined an organic produce buying club here in South Florida, and blood oranges were part of the delivery last week. I’m hoping they’ll be part of our first box this coming Tuesday.

I recently made a batch of preserved salted lemons, using some of your tips, Rebecca. I would love to start making marmalade too!

Where do you suggest is the best place to buy canning jars and supplies online? We live in the Florida Keys, which is not a shopper’s paradise. I have to resort to buying most things from Amazon, or other sites.

Thanks for creating such a comprehensive, holistic site, Rebecca!

]]> By: Granny Sue http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-82063 Granny Sue Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:20:28 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-82063 lovely! thank you for the recipe. I have made marmalade before, but always with store-bought pectin. I want to try this method. My mother loved marmalade and sometimes made it, but she loved to but little squat jars of it in specialty shops and try the different flavors. Such an Englishwoman she was, and marmalade always reminds me of her, and the row of little jars in her fridge. lovely! thank you for the recipe. I have made marmalade before, but always with store-bought pectin. I want to try this method. My mother loved marmalade and sometimes made it, but she loved to but little squat jars of it in specialty shops and try the different flavors. Such an Englishwoman she was, and marmalade always reminds me of her, and the row of little jars in her fridge.

]]> By: Caddywompass http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-81747 Caddywompass Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:34:27 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-81747 This is my first time posting, but I have been checking this sight out for a few weeks now and I am THRILLED with all the info. (I found it when I was looking for a pickled lemon recipe.....which I tried and it is currently in a dark place hiding for a month.) I am just starting to learn to can, preserve, although I have been successfuly brewing kombucha for a few years now. Thank you all for the very helpful ideas, tips, encouragement on this site. This is my first time posting, but I have been checking this sight out for a few weeks now and I am THRILLED with all the info. (I found it when I was looking for a pickled lemon recipe…..which I tried and it is currently in a dark place hiding for a month.)

I am just starting to learn to can, preserve, although I have been successfuly brewing kombucha for a few years now. Thank you all for the very helpful ideas, tips, encouragement on this site.

]]> By: Sarah Head http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-80841 Sarah Head Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:08:36 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-80841 I'm afraid I've never made whiskey marmalade as I've always been given it by friends (usually commercial varieties). There's a recipe here from the BBC Good Food site http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5206/whiskey-marmalade which says add it when all the cooking has finished and just before you pot it up into jars. I’m afraid I’ve never made whiskey marmalade as I’ve always been given it by friends (usually commercial varieties). There’s a recipe here from the BBC Good Food site http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5206/whiskey-marmalade which says add it when all the cooking has finished and just before you pot it up into jars.

]]> By: treesa http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-80662 treesa Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:24:49 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-80662 Oh my goodness, I had no idea you could get pectin from the seeds! I like to save as much money/go as natural as possible, and buying pectin always bothered me... I always wondered how my many-times-great-grandmothers did it, but nobody ever really wrote it down that I've found. Thanks so much for sharing! I love the idea of mixing different flavors, especially blood orange and bergamot :) Oh my goodness, I had no idea you could get pectin from the seeds! I like to save as much money/go as natural as possible, and buying pectin always bothered me… I always wondered how my many-times-great-grandmothers did it, but nobody ever really wrote it down that I’ve found. Thanks so much for sharing! I love the idea of mixing different flavors, especially blood orange and bergamot :)

]]> By: LB http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/comment-page-1/#comment-80638 LB Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:27:35 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2009/03/31/citrus-season-marmalade/#comment-80638 Welcome back. Welcome back.

]]>