Tis the season to make marmalade, or, as my husband Bari makes it, Barmalade. We use a recipe which my dad used as long as I can remember; it is one of my earliest childhood memories, being in bed and smelling the lovely bitter orange smell of the annual brew.
On Tuesday at our English conversation class our topic, in between grammar, conversation, and reading, was marmalade and three of us brought our own home-made. Betty brought an ordinary very delicious marmalade, I brought our dark version which includes black treacle, and Judith brought her marmalade with crystallised ginger. We also brought bread and butter, and we collected a couple of toasters from the kitchen and so the ‘students’ were able to try the different varieties. I think we all agreed that they were equally delicious!
Maybe we should have had some of Bari’s home-made bread!
Lois Elsden 