Scottish Marmalade?

[ThistleDown]

Oh dear me, Ted, you really must get out of Arizona and expand your world

Dundee (that's in a sort of "state" called Angus in Scotland) is the birthplace of orange marmalade.

Rex

[Bugbear]

Oh dear me, Ted, you really must get out of Arizona and expand your world

Dundee (that's in a sort of "state" called Angus in Scotland) is the birthplace of orange marmalade.

Rex

Sorry, ThistleDown. There was a wording problem with that. I was trying to say I had not heard of Scottish marmalade being English. I had done a web search and found a bunch of sites talking about English marmalade or old English marmalade. That book I cited said it was Scottish marmalade that was being made from the sour oranges. Just thought I would throw it out there as a razz, and see what this English marmalade business was about.

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[AFS1970]

Although not strictly a Scottish thing, marmalade is a childhood memory, as My grandmother would make it at home and we always had some wax sealed jars of it. Most of the time Orange, but often Lemon, and I think a few times a mix of several fruits.

[Lachlan09]

I used to love Robertson's "Silver Shred" Lemon Marmalade when I was a kid.

When I grew up, I liked Lady Marmalade (Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da - Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Here and the saucy French bits !)

[piperdbh]

I'm not in Scotland, Ted, but just yesterday I bought a jar of marmalade and intend to use some of it a stir-fry tonight. I have onions, red, yellow and orange bell peppers, carrots, "Bright Lights" Swiss chard (that's the kind with the technicolor stems) and some vegan kielbasa that I'll stir fry together, then mix in some of the marmalade, soy sauce and a little hot sauce, all served over Basmati rice. It should be ready about 6:30. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood.

[AFS1970]

A couple of weeks ago I made BBQ ribs with a sauce made of equal parts of orange marmalade and two different BBQ sauces. It was sweet but came out pretty good.

[Mike_Oettle]

That’s pretty interesting, about marmalade being made in Scotland in the 18th century.
My mother has always made marmalade, since before I was born, and (whenever she has citrus fruit to work with) she still makes it at the age of 86.
Personally I have never developed a taste for it. I also have heard chiefly about English marmalade, but then Rose’s, who market it around the world, are based in England.
I have never thought to ask my mother where she learned the art of making marmalade, but it was always served in her parents’ home, and she still has it on toast with her breakfast.
Since my grandfather was English, I assumed it to be an English custom. But then he also was fond of eating kippers for breakfast – a Scottish product, if not necessarily a Scottish custom.
At the same time, there could be a connection with my mom’s maternal grandfather – perhaps he asked his Afrikaner wife to make it for him.
Regards,
Mike

[ali8780]

I'm not in Scotland, Ted, but just yesterday I bought a jar of marmalade and intend to use some of it a stir-fry tonight. I have onions, red, yellow and orange bell peppers, carrots, "Bright Lights" Swiss chard (that's the kind with the technicolor stems) and some vegan kielbasa that I'll stir fry together, then mix in some of the marmalade, soy sauce and a little hot sauce, all served over Basmati rice. It should be ready about 6:30. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood.

Wow-- that sounds amazing. I keep forgetting that some people actually make food for eating