The Seville Oranges were again in
stock in Waitrose store and so a good quatity was purchased. The big cauldron was
brought in from the garage and a year’s worth of glass jars were washed again
and readied for occupation!
It was time to make marmalade:
Marmalade was invented in Scotland, Dundee in
the late 18th century when a local James Keiller discovered a cargo of oranges
being sold cheaply. Thinking he could sell it for profit in his shop, he bought
the whole lot only to discover they were bitter and so unsellable.
His wife however thought the oranges might make a jam
and took them home. The result was hugely successful and was named Marmalade
after Marmelos, a Portuguese word for a quince paste like Mrs Keiller’s orange
spread.
(Marmalade is still produced today by the
Keiller Company in Dundee and by us in Beaconsfield)
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