"ellen wickberg" > wrote in message
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> Kathi Jones wrote:
>> "The Joneses" > wrote in message
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>>>"Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
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>>>>I'm not sure about the baking soda, but I think it has something to do
>>>>with foaming? Just a guess.
>>>>
>>>>Kathi
>>>>
>>>
>>>One of these days, I'll make the lime marmalade I'm looking for. In the
>>>meantime, the baking soda is to reduce the pH. Seville oranges are pretty
>>>sour, no? One website I ran across mentioned that they thought jams,etc.,
>>>set best at about 3.2pH. Limes are generally about 0, and lemons about
>>>1-2.
>>> That said, very ripe fruits will probably be higher in pH. And of course
>>> with so many hybrids, there is no real average anymore.
>>>My 2c worth.
>>>Edrena
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> yes, they are VERY sour - too sour to eat out of hand - only good for
>> marmalade, IMO
>>
>> I'd like to try a lime marmalade....been enjoying pink grapefruit
>> marmalade on my morning toasted multigrain bagel the last few
>> days....mmmmm
>>
>> Kathi
> The Seville oranges that we get have almost no juice and are quite
> bitteer, not sour.
> Ellen

oh....bitter ... sour.. or both. Yucky. The ones I got last month were
juicy enough to make marmalade.

Kathi