Six ruby grapefruit for £1, you say?
Add a lemon , two bags of preserving sugar, and play with the various attachments on the food processor to squeeze, strain and chop the fruit. Make as much washing-up as possible!
Pour in three pints of water and bring to the boil, simmering for at least twice as long as every recipe suggests, to reach the setting point.
Decant into warmed sterilised jars. Do this before your husband comes home and offers to remove 
them from the oven... by lifting the shelf out in one sweep, sending them rolling across the floor in all directions.
them from the oven... by lifting the shelf out in one sweep, sending them rolling across the floor in all directions.Remain calm and suggest he might like to read the newspaper.
Add four tablespoons of Drambuie. This is essential! Ignore all requests to "just pour it in". You might want a swig from the bottle yourself at this stage.
Refuse all offers of help to ladle marmalade into jars, unless you want to spend the next six weeks smelling burning sugar every time you turn on the hob. You do? Splendid!
11 comments:
wow this looks like so tasty.
Hee hee. It was obviously marmalade making weekend - I made some yesterday (but with those tinned seville oranges as I couldn't find anything as cheap as 6 grapefruits for £1.) I don't think Tony even realised I was doing it, as usually he likes to (a) deal with the hot jars from the oven and (b) decant into the jars. I managed perfectly well all by myself! The side is only a *little* bit sticky!! Unfortunately there was no bread for toast this morning. I must buy some on the way home! Yum Yum Yum
That sounds yummy - can I come round for breakfast?
Dude! I am making me some of this!
The jam looks delish, but check out that plate! I'd be happy eating off that any day :)
Mmm, made my mouth water!
Bought me some grafefruit today. Will be making marmalade by the weekend
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I must buy some on the way home
I managed perfectly well all by myself!
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