DH’s adventures into marmalade
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Can I make up my own marmalde? sort of?
Comments (10)I'd make it, but whether it sets up or not, who knows? I'd guess a soft set as opposed to a firm one. I'm thinking it's 4 cups of strawberries, so prepared a little less than that, plus 2 cups of pineapple. Say 5 1/2 cups of fruit to 4 cups of sugar and the acid from the orange or lemon you want to substitute. Pectin is a carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fruit. As the fruit ripens the cell walls collapse (fruit softens) and the pectin levels go down. Use some underripe strawberries (approximately 25%) because underripe fruit has higher natural levels of pectin and acid and that will assist with setting. For the same reason, avoid pineapple that's dead-ripe. I once made a pineapple preserve but ended up turning it into a marmalade by making lemon pectin and adding that with lemon peel because I found alone the pineapple was just unbearably sweet. This recipe with the strawberries and citrus sounds like a good balance. I'd probably stick with the orange (and perhaps add a little Grand Marnier for measure) but that's just a personal preference. If you are concerned about the results, you could easily halve the batch just to see what it does. It would be quite a small amount, but for test purposes could be the best option. Carol...See MoreWANTED: Hostas
Comments (0)Looking for Hostas: Andrew, Captains Adventure, Carnival, Color Festival, Dark Shadows, Devil's Advocate, Earthworks, Forest Firefly, June, Orange Marmalade, Rare Breed, Vulcan, Yellow Polkadot Bikini, Sara's Sensation, Stitch In Time, Zebra Stripes and white-centered sport of 'Thunderbolt'. Please email me at paleface56@yahoo.com. Thanks!...See MoreMandarin marmalade work in progress.
Comments (6)These came from Trader Joe and are from Chile, which surprised me. Had I read the label I might not have bought them. Clementines are a kind of mandarin. These might be clementines, hard for me to know. They are quite small with very thin skins and zero seeds. Very sweet....See MoreWhat are you doing for Christmas?
Comments (32)Bpathome, sorry to hear that your son's first semester at school did not go well. I hope that things work out whatever path he takes when he gets home. As mom of a freshman, I can only imagine how difficult this decision must be. My friend's son had a similar experience only she had NO idea that 1) he wasn't doing well in his classes and 2) he was absolutely miserable with his choice in schools and having anxiety. She found out b/c he called one of the other schools he had applied to and asked about transferring and the admissions dept left a message for him on her home answering machine! Anyway, huge hugs as you navigate what comes next for him. To answer the question, we are doing the same thing we normally do. We will host my parents on Christmas Eve and have homemade ravioli, garlic bread, salad and cannoli/tiramisu. My father will leave for Midnight Mass at the church he works at (he is a Catholic deacon) and my mother will go to 9pm Christmas Vigil Mass with us. Normally we come home, the kids and dh hit the hay and I stay up late alone with a glass of wine, a roaring fire and wrap all the presents I haven't wrapped yet. Christmas Day we will go to my parents' house 30 minutes away. My brother and his family will be there. My 82 y/o father loves to cook and is pretty darn good at it especially considering his age, so he is making veal for dinner. It's a pretty mellow day, just 13 of us. Day after Christmas is like LynnNM's - we basically hang out at home, lounging, reading, playing games, watching football, eating leftovers. D18 is a college freshman and home for four weeks from the West Coast. The one thing she wants to do while home is to go up to NYC for a couple of days. If the whole family can swing it, we will go probably Wed/Thurs after Christmas, otherwise, the two of us will go up in January when her siblings go back to school....See More- 3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
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