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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:42:46 +0100, Janet > wrote:
> >
> > Most years I make one batch of Scotch whisky marmalade, that's pretty
> > good too :-)
>
> I've read that's a good one but have never tasted it, so I'm just
> going by hearsay. The BBC recipe I pulled up for it calls for Seville
> oranges, they have a very short season here

Same here; three weeks in January at best. Last January there was a
crop shortage; my local smkt on the island had none so had to go to the
mainland for some, which is how I ended up with not enough sevlille
oranges but a great deal on reduced red grapefruit. I used both and its
delish.
Seville are so bitter and pippy you couldn't eat a fresh one. But the
best/ fantastic for marmalade.

and I've only purchased
> them once... but I do have a can of (for lack of better terminology
> without getting up and actually looking at what the can says)
> "marmalade starter", so I could follow the directions for that and
> just add whiskey to it.

Bah! They sell canned "marmalade starter" here too, I spit upon the
crap made from it. Better to drink the Scotch neat and be too drunk to
notice the crap marmalade.

Janet UK