Scottish Marmalade?

[Bugbear]

Hi Ted,

just today I ran across a wee historical ti-bit in the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Scotland regarding marmalade, and thought I'd post it to add to what Rex & Schiehallion had to say on the subject:

"Marmalade was created in Dundee in the 1700s when grocer James Keiller was landed with a large cargo of unsaleable, bitter Seville oranges. His wife, Janet, made them part of a preserve that now appears on breakfast tables worldwide."

Ya, I kept seeing references to English marmalade.
Here's a Google search on history of marmalade: http://www.google.com/search?q=histo...ed=0CEMQ5wIwCg

Seville Spain and other areas in Spain being associated with the bitter or sour orange, of course.

[cormacmacguardhe]

My Grandmother was from Renfrew, and marmalade was almost a staple in her kitchen. I am the only one in my house who uses it. There is nothing like it on a warm crumpet or scone with some real creamery butter.