Posted by Are you a marmalade household? Apparently it is going out of fashion. We always had marmalade in the cupboard when I was growing up, in the days when you could keep it in a cupboard. Plain marmalade, ginger marmalade and sometimes lime marmalade. Always with chunks in though.
I still love marmalade but I’m the only one in my household that likes it. I have it spread thickly on buttered granary toast on a Sunday morning.
Consequently a 12 jar batch of homemade marmalade lasts 2 years.
2015 is a marmalade making year for me. The Seville oranges that you need for marmalade are only available in January and February so this weekend I turned this 
into this.
Juicing and slicing up all those oranges is a bit of a faff but in my opinion; worth it.
I always refer to my River Cottage Handbook No 2 when making a ‘preserve’.
I’m a bit of a ‘preserve’ snob. I really only like homemade jam. I don’t even like those they sell in farm shops under the premise of ‘homemade’.
I’ve plenty of ‘Blackcurrant and Blackberry’ left but I’m running low on my Strawberry so I’ll be eeking that out until June. I’ve some mincemeat that’ll survive until next Christmas and a couple of red currant and white currant jelly.
Meanwhile I’ll enjoy my marmalade. This one could win prizes!
Am I alone in marmalade love?
Love, Lucie xx
Love, Lucie 
Mmmm I would loooove some of your homemade marmalade! I just checked and I haven’t even got any (shop bought, not yours, obviously) at the moment 😦 😦 my grandma’s homemade jam/jelly is the best, I totally agree homemade is so different to shop bought!
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Another lover of marmalade!
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I don’t think that I love it as much as you but I would never be without it. Apart from it’s use for sticking marzipan to cake. I do also use apricot jam sometimes but I like the orangy taste marmalade adds if I can be bothered to remove the peel. I have bread and somethings on the weekends instead of cereal. One slice always has peanut butter on it for protein but the other has honey, current jam or marmalade depending on my mood. I like the energy giving zing of marmalade.
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I have tried to like peanut butter over the years. It seems so useful to be able to spread protein on an oatcake. But no, can’t stand the stuff!
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😀
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I love marmalade! Just made some marmalade breakfast muffins to grab and go in the morning. I find the slightly bitter taste really helps wake me up!
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They sound wonderful. I shall track down a recipe. Is your’s from a book or online?
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It’s from my head! Actually I am perfecting a gluten and dairy free version. They need some tweaking but I’ll blog them when they’re good enough!
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Yes please!
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We love marmalade in our house! Recently we had Aberdeen Marmalade and we are now going through a jar of orange, grapefruit and Lime Marmalade.
I highly recommend having you marmalade on a bacon sandwich it is so so yummy 🙂
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I will have to try it!
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I love marmalade, but with bacon?
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No way! I heard it was going out of fashion too but I think it’s way better in the morning than jam, which is too sweet. I need something a bit more tart to wake me up. I remember clearing out my Grandpas’s house after he died and finding several jars of her marmalade at the bank of a high, deep shelf 7 years after she died. Her marmalade was the best I’ve ever tasted and I haven’t had anything to match it since. She put the peel still with a bit of pith left on through a mincer. I’ve never made it myself although I’ve helped my mum. They don’t have it over here, so they don’t have the right oranges.
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I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to eat 7 year old marmalade but the last of my 2 year old marmalade was still delicious. I save my jam for scones and crumpets but marmalade leaves a lovely tangy aftertaste on toast on a weekend morning. I try and be good and stick to porridge during the week.
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Love it! I keep seeing it on blogs at the moment (so somebody still likes it) and if I don’t get to Waitrose soon I shall miss the Seville Window.
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My OH was asking why you need special oranges – until he tasted one!
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I had toast and marmalade for elevensies. I make my own as I prefer it bitter and add either whisky or ginger. Down to our last jar so will be whipping up another batch shortly:)
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Homemade is always more bitter than shop bought. I’ve not added ginger, I love it but perhaps not 12 jars of it. Might try whisky though;)
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Hi Lucie I love marmalade too and it tastes so much better when you make it yourself. I saw some Seville oranges today that reminded me to I should make some – I usually remember too late and the oranges are gone for another year!.00
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We are a marmalade loving household. My middle son helps me to make it. Got my oranges this weekend. I always freeze some so I have a supply later in the year.☺️
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You freeze the oranges? Whole or sliced?
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I won’t be fighting anybody for your jars of marmalade – lovely as they look – I can’t bear the stuff. My dad used to like it so I would buy a jar in for him when he came for a visit but it would then sit unloved in the back of the fridge until he either came back to finish it or it grew fur. I make lemon curd which I love stirred into natural yoghurt or porridge. Because we have our own chickens and the eggs are so fresh, it turns out a sort of dayglo yellow colour.
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You lemon curd sounds wonderful. I love that too!
I’m envious of your eggs. We had a wonderful supply from a work colleague until the foxes got the lot. We are waiting for them to build up their flock again once they’ve built a better pen. Meanwhile we such for other local yellow yolks but to no avail.
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Ive never been able to stomach it. Do you think its an acquired taste and you get used to it, or a marmite situation? I love your preserves though – so weird, i was thinking about making preserves today, but then thought i’ll wait until autumn…
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I love marmalade! Every morning on my toast! I bet your homemade is delicious!
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No way I love marmalade. Toast just isn’t the same without it and I’m actually a little upset at the moment that we are marmalade free in our house at present as I’ve eaten it all 😥
This looks delicious! X
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I love marmalade too. Have some lemon shred in the cupboard and an open orange in the fridge, both shop bought. May have to try making some of my own at some point 😊
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I think marmalade is very satisfying to make. I think it is the turning of those knobbly bitter skins into something so yummy and rich in colour.
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I love marmalade too but I don’t like it too sweet so I only buy the half sugar type. I wonder if homemade marmalade would set if you used less sugar?
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It wouldn’t set like we know it but I don’t like overly set jam anyway. ‘Fridge jam’ is made in this way and is great for making small quantities. The only problem when making 12 jars is that you would have to keep the whole lot in the fridge and consume it all within weeks. The sugar acts as a preservative.
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