Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Mon, 04 May 2009 20:41:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> > wrote:
>
>> but to me the only decent marmalade is made with
>> Seville (bitter) oranges.
>
> James...I have been looking for that Seville orange store for years
> now......


You can sometimes get them at "Fiesta" supermarkets. I was excited to
find them a few years ago; they weren't even very expensive. I made
real marmalade, and I entered it in the county fair. It was
disqualified because it was bitter! (Idiot judge. It's supposed to be
bitter.) I didn't like the stuff all that much, so I gave several jars
to an Englishman friend.

Here's an easy marmalade recipe that's not bitter. (it did much better
at the fair)


Bob's Tangerine Marmalade

2 pounds tangerines (I used "Honey" variety)
2 largish lemons
6 cups water
8 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup bottled lemon juice

Scrub tangerines and lemons to remove any wax or pesticide residues.
Simmer whole tangerines and lemons in 6 cups of water, covered, for a
couple of hours, then let them cool enough to handle. Cut the cooked
fruit in half and scoop out the pulp and put it back in the cooking
water. Set the tangerine peels aside for later. Discard the lemon
peels or save for another purpose. Simmer the pulp and seeds for about
a half an hour, mashing occasionally with a potato smasher. Strain the
juice out of the pulp with a jelly bag or big square of muslin cloth,
squeezing it as dry as possible. Slice the cooked tangerine peel in to
slivers and added to the strained juice in a big but shallow stock pot.

Bring pulp, juice, and peels to a boil, add sugar all at once, and cook,
stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Taste, and adjust tartness with
up to 1/2 cup bottled lemon juice ("Honey" tangerines are not very sour
at all.) Cook until 222 degrees on a candy thermometer, let cool to
about 200 degrees, and ladle into half-pint jars. Adjust caps and
process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Makes about 8 half-pints,
with a little left over.

Notes: All the peel floated to the top of the jars during processing,
so I shook them and turned them upside down after they went "ping".
Blue ribbon winner, Olmsted County Fair, 2004