Lovely Marmalade.

Back in May we made Lime and Mandarin marmalade so its time now to make some Orange marmalade. We eventually managed to source some Seville oranges just beyond the Sackville ferry.  They are hard to find as a lot of Seville orange trees are being pulled out as these days the sweeter varieties are preferred. In between these two bottlings we also made Lemon Curd. Yummy!

We have to thank Elin and Jim for the juicer which made things a lot easier.

Juice and sliced peel going into the pan.

While the juicer was out we couldn't resist fresh orange juice.

The sugar has been added and the process is underway.

Cooking away nicely.

Temperature is rising to a critical point. Must keep an eye on it.

The jars have been steralised.

Thats the magic figure we needed to reach.

The end result, and still enough oranges for a second batch.

It looks good and tastes even better!

Bits and Pieces.

I thought I had better put up a few photos just to prove that I'm still around.

I've been busy painting the outside of the house but unfortunately with the same colours as before so it didn't seem worthwhile to take photos. 

Its that time of year again, lots of oranges on the trees.

 These are Navels but we need to find some Sevilles to make marmalade.

We had a day out in the city to attend a holiday/travel promotion. For a change we traveled in by train. It was an early start and we were the only ones on the train to start with.

Mixture of old and new architecture in the city.

 Just to prove that it does get cold here and we can get ice forming. This is the bird bowl in the garden and I only just noticed the ice as it was nearly melted.