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Marmalade
Introduction

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Orange marmalade is made with a special kind of orange, traditionally known here in Britain as "Seville Oranges": they appear on the market in late January each year and are available only for a couple of weeks. They are very different from dessert orange varieties (you would not consider eating them raw!). In any case, I would not make marmalade from any ordinary dessert citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit, limes, whatever) in GB, as the skins will likely have been treated with unspeakable chemicals to prevent them from going mouldy in our climate. If you can get guaranteed untreated fruit, on the other hand, then by all means go ahead.