I'm going to have a go at this

http://www.dalemainmarmaladeawards.co.uk/cms/awards.php

quote

"Our Homemade Marmalade Competition
Sponsored by Mackays and Paddington Bear

The Amateur Category for home-made marmalades has grown from 50 jars to
nearly 2,000 jars in 2013, posted to us from all over the World,
including The British Virgin Islands, Japan, America, Canada, Spain,
France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and
Switzerland, Alaska, Austria and South Africa.

All marmalade makers readily rise to a challenge and enter their
marmalades into whichever class catches their eye ? from traditional
Seville to Merry (with alcohol), Interesting Additions, Political,
Children's, Man-made, Organic, Marmalade Hall of Fame, Family Tree,
International etc ? NEW for 2014 two extra categories have been added
bringing the total to 13 different categories from which to choose
from."
To date the Marmalade Awards have raised £120,000 for Hospice At
Home charity. The 2014 charities will be Hospice at Home, Action Medical
Research and Marie Curie Scotland.

All the details are on the website

Janet UK

"Janet" > wrote in message
. ..
>
>
> To date the Marmalade Awards have raised £120,000 for Hospice At
> Home charity. The 2014 charities will be Hospice at Home, Action Medical
> Research and Marie Curie Scotland.
>
From the way that my late S-I-L was treated by "Hospice at Home" during the
late stages of breast cancer, I intend to send a donation to this charity.
The care she received was incredible.
Graham

In article >, says...
>
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >
> >
> > To date the Marmalade Awards have raised £120,000 for Hospice At
> > Home charity. The 2014 charities will be Hospice at Home, Action Medical
> > Research and Marie Curie Scotland.
> >
> From the way that my late S-I-L was treated by "Hospice at Home" during the
> late stages of breast cancer, I intend to send a donation to this charity.
> The care she received was incredible.
> Graham

I've heard so.

Well, give the Marmalade Awards some local publicity if you can; the
more entrants the better.. they all make a contribution to the charity
fund.

Janet UK

In article >,
Janet > wrote:

> I'm going to have a go at this
>
> http://www.dalemainmarmaladeawards.co.uk/cms/awards.php
>
> quote
>
> "Our Homemade Marmalade Competition
> Sponsored by Mackays and Paddington Bear
>
> The Amateur Category for home-made marmalades has grown from 50 jars to
> nearly 2,000 jars in 2013, posted to us from all over the World,
> including The British Virgin Islands, Japan, America, Canada, Spain,
> France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and
> Switzerland, Alaska, Austria and South Africa.
>
> All marmalade makers readily rise to a challenge and enter their
> marmalades into whichever class catches their eye ? from traditional
> Seville to Merry (with alcohol), Interesting Additions, Political,
> Children's, Man-made, Organic, Marmalade Hall of Fame, Family Tree,
> International etc ? NEW for 2014 two extra categories have been added
> bringing the total to 13 different categories from which to choose
> from."
> To date the Marmalade Awards have raised £120,000 for Hospice At
> Home charity. The 2014 charities will be Hospice at Home, Action Medical
> Research and Marie Curie Scotland.
>
> All the details are on the website
>
> Janet UK

Hmm. Thank you for thinking of me but I've never made marmalade. I'm
not a fan. :-\
--
Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of April 8, 2013.

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Janet > wrote:
>
>> I'm going to have a go at this
>>
>> http://www.dalemainmarmaladeawards.co.uk/cms/awards.php
>>
>> quote
>>
>> "Our Homemade Marmalade Competition
>> Sponsored by Mackays and Paddington Bear
>>
>> The Amateur Category for home-made marmalades has grown from 50 jars to
>> nearly 2,000 jars in 2013, posted to us from all over the World,
>> including The British Virgin Islands, Japan, America, Canada, Spain,
>> France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and
>> Switzerland, Alaska, Austria and South Africa.
>>
>> All marmalade makers readily rise to a challenge and enter their
>> marmalades into whichever class catches their eye ? from traditional
>> Seville to Merry (with alcohol), Interesting Additions, Political,
>> Children's, Man-made, Organic, Marmalade Hall of Fame, Family Tree,
>> International etc ? NEW for 2014 two extra categories have been added
>> bringing the total to 13 different categories from which to choose
>> from."
>> To date the Marmalade Awards have raised £120,000 for Hospice At
>> Home charity. The 2014 charities will be Hospice at Home, Action Medical
>> Research and Marie Curie Scotland.
>>
>> All the details are on the website
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> Hmm. Thank you for thinking of me but I've never made marmalade. I'm
> not a fan. :-\
> --
My father died at 93 never having tried marmalade!
Graham

On 12/10/2013 7:24 PM, graham wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> Janet > wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going to have a go at this
>>>
>>> http://www.dalemainmarmaladeawards.co.uk/cms/awards.php
>>>
>>> quote
>>>
>>> "Our Homemade Marmalade Competition
>>> Sponsored by Mackays and Paddington Bear
>>>
>>> The Amateur Category for home-made marmalades has grown from 50 jars to
>>> nearly 2,000 jars in 2013, posted to us from all over the World,
>>> including The British Virgin Islands, Japan, America, Canada, Spain,
>>> France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and
>>> Switzerland, Alaska, Austria and South Africa.
>>>
>>> All marmalade makers readily rise to a challenge and enter their
>>> marmalades into whichever class catches their eye ? from traditional
>>> Seville to Merry (with alcohol), Interesting Additions, Political,
>>> Children's, Man-made, Organic, Marmalade Hall of Fame, Family Tree,
>>> International etc ? NEW for 2014 two extra categories have been added
>>> bringing the total to 13 different categories from which to choose
>>> from."
>>> To date the Marmalade Awards have raised £120,000 for Hospice At
>>> Home charity. The 2014 charities will be Hospice at Home, Action Medical
>>> Research and Marie Curie Scotland.
>>>
>>> All the details are on the website
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>
>> Hmm. Thank you for thinking of me but I've never made marmalade. I'm
>> not a fan. :-\
>> --
> My father died at 93 never having tried marmalade!
> Graham
>
>

That deserves a hash tag...

In article >, says...
--
> My father died at 93 never having tried marmalade!

What a tragic way to go. I can't bear to think of that disappointed
old man waiting and hoping in vain for 93 years.

Janet UK

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >, says...
> --
>> My father died at 93 never having tried marmalade!
>
> What a tragic way to go. I can't bear to think of that disappointed
> old man waiting and hoping in vain for 93 years.
>
He lived well on the finest foods in season. However, he was extremely
conservative and cautious. He had never eaten a mushroom either, but that
phobia came from childhood when someone he knew died from a wrong'un.
Graham

In article >, says...
>
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> t...
> > In article >, says...
> > --
> >> My father died at 93 never having tried marmalade!
> >
> > What a tragic way to go. I can't bear to think of that disappointed
> > old man waiting and hoping in vain for 93 years.
> >
> He lived well on the finest foods in season. However, he was extremely
> conservative and cautious. He had never eaten a mushroom either, but that
> phobia came from childhood when someone he knew died from a wrong'un.
> Graham

A life without mushroom marmalade... hard to imagine.

Janet UK

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:00:01 -0700, "graham" > wrote:

> However, he was extremely
> conservative and cautious. He had never eaten a mushroom either, but that
> phobia came from childhood when someone he knew died from a wrong'un.

When I was a kid in the country, mushrooms came in cans or you picked
them and people died every single year eating mushrooms they'd picked.
My world was rocked when we moved to the big city and we could buy
cultivated mushrooms at the grocery store. I went from hating them
(canned mushrooms were slimy) to absolutely loving them... and I still
do.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:21:34 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
> A life without mushroom marmalade... hard to imagine.
>
> Janet UK

Does one need mushrooms with a very thick skin?
Are there Seville mushrooms?

http://www.richardfisher.com

On 2013-12-11 2:46 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:00:01 -0700, "graham" > wrote:
>

> When I was a kid in the country, mushrooms came in cans or you picked
> them and people died every single year eating mushrooms they'd picked.
> My world was rocked when we moved to the big city and we could buy
> cultivated mushrooms at the grocery store. I went from hating them
> (canned mushrooms were slimy) to absolutely loving them... and I still
> do.
>

I love mushrooms and will gladly eat any that have been commercially
grown or distributed. I don't want to take any chances with wild
mushrooms because I don't know much about them, except that you can get
really sick from them.

When I was a kid we made annual pilgrimages to the small town in which
my father had grown up under the pretense of hunting for morels. He
loved them and knew where to go to pick them..... but we never found
any. I think it was just an excuse to visit the town of his youth.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2013-12-11 2:46 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:00:01 -0700, "graham" > wrote:
> >
>
> > When I was a kid in the country, mushrooms came in cans or you picked
> > them and people died every single year eating mushrooms they'd picked.
> > My world was rocked when we moved to the big city and we could buy
> > cultivated mushrooms at the grocery store. I went from hating them
> > (canned mushrooms were slimy) to absolutely loving them... and I still
> > do.
> >
>
> I love mushrooms and will gladly eat any that have been commercially
> grown or distributed. I don't want to take any chances with wild
> mushrooms because I don't know much about them, except that you can get
> really sick from them.

Ever since I was a child we picked and ate field mushrooms by the
pound and never had a problem. My son and DIL pick and dry a much wider
variety of wild mushrooms, but they have been taught by someone who does
it for a living.

Janet UK