I've been making marmalade. I love marmalade. My Gramma loves it. My Dad loves it. And my mom hates the High Fructose Corn Syrup in the stuff you buy in stores. So do I! So I make several batches at once. With pure cane sugar.
I love marmalade; like I love other citrus things: Key lime pie; Lemon meringue pie; Mom's Orange walnut date bars; my lemon cupcakes with coconut cream frosting; citrus shortbread cookies; lemon bars; those kinds of things.
Maybe I got it from my mom, who grew up surfing off the shores of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and lived for a time in Aunt Jeanette's and Uncle Pat's citrus grove on the Indian River (Intercostal Waterway) in Florida. I certainly loved visiting the grove and seeing the fruit on the heavily laden trees. I remember my Gramma making fresh squeezed juice from those oranges when we still lived in Florida. *sigh* Anyhoo -
So for my wedding I made little half pint jars of marmalade as favors. See the tag on them? This is where I got the name for this blog. The tags on the favors read "And they lived Happily Ever After." Awwwwww....... so true; so true.
For more, and the recipe, click over to my Vintage Kitchen blog. Enjoy!
3 comments:
Please, oh Please post your Mom's recipe for Orange Walnut Date bars! I've been seeing these massive boxes of luscious dates at Costco recently, and have no experience using them in cooking/baking. This sounds exquisite!
Mm, you're making my mouth water! Marmalade is soo yummy! I like mine on sourdough toast with butter...mmm! Such a sweet idea for wedding favors, too... :)
I second Susi's request for the date walnut bars!!!
You know, I love marmalade too... The wonderful chewiness of a citrus peel in your mouth. I also have to say I love citrus (I printed the lemon cupcakes out the day I saw them on your blog, and am just awaiting a grocery trip to buy cream cheese in order to make them!) I adore citrus. My most recent obsession: blood oranges! I look for them everywhere, buy them by the bagful, and eat multiple ones each day.
You know, St Dalfour has a Kumquat Marmalade that is only made with white grape juice for sweetening. All 3 of us love it. I'd love to make marmalade without any sugar as well.
https://secure.stdalfour.us/MarketDetail.cfm/product/28/
But guess what citrus fruit I'm really wanting to try? Bergamonts!!! And all because of this man's entry.... your marmalade recipe isn't helping things.. :)
Bergamot Marmalade
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2010/03/bergamot_marmalade_recipe.html#more
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