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Wowbagger

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Seville oranges
« on: 12 January, 2009, 08:59:29 pm »
I saw some for sale in Waitrose yesterday. V. expensive at over £2 per kilo.

Local greengrocers will be cheaper, and I'll probably pop down the market with Mrs. Wow on Thursday and see what I can haggle. Three years ago I got 30lb for £10.

Seville oranges are the best for marmalade but you can only buy them in January.
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Snakehips

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #1 on: 12 January, 2009, 09:51:51 pm »
I bought some to eat once , what a mistake ! But I was young and foolish at the time.

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fhills

Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #2 on: 14 January, 2009, 09:43:16 am »
Will go and try to track down at the ever wonderful Lewisham market.

My newly discovered Tower slow cooker (see separate thread) is apparently really good for making marmalade.

Quick question - since I presume these things are flown in/not curently grown in Kent, why only in January - aren't they grown in several places?

Paul
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pcolbeck

Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #3 on: 14 January, 2009, 10:57:21 am »
Presumably they are mainly grown near Seville ...
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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Wowbagger

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #4 on: 14 January, 2009, 11:08:10 am »
I understand that eating good marmalade is very British (I nearly said English but then thought about Dundee). I don't think anyone anywhere else in the world wants Seville oranges in large quantities so it's a bit of a niche market. I think I heard somewhere that the Sevillians think we are bonkers to eat them.

I know my pal Mel gave some to his daughter's Hungarian in-laws and they were polite about it but unenthusiastic.
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vorsprung

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #5 on: 14 January, 2009, 04:31:18 pm »
Quote from: paul taylor on 14 January, 2009, 09:43:16 am
why only in January ?


You can freeze them
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slowfen

Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #6 on: 14 January, 2009, 05:09:40 pm »

picked up some at waitrose/ely, mispriced £1.89 a kilo should have been £2.39 ;D
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bikenerd

Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #7 on: 14 January, 2009, 05:49:15 pm »
Quote from: wowbagger on 14 January, 2009, 11:08:10 am
I understand that eating good marmalade is very British (I nearly said English but then thought about Dundee). I don't think anyone anywhere else in the world wants Seville oranges in large quantities so it's a bit of a niche market. I think I heard somewhere that the Sevillians think we are bonkers to eat them.

That might have been me: a (Golden?) thread on Marmalade
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RJ

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #8 on: 14 January, 2009, 09:05:17 pm »
Quote from: vorsprung on 14 January, 2009, 04:31:18 pm
Quote from: paul taylor on 14 January, 2009, 09:43:16 am
why only in January ?


You can freeze them

... and make marmalade in August.
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Wowbagger

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #9 on: 14 January, 2009, 09:07:17 pm »
I made a lovely batch of marmalade last month. We've still got a load in the freezer. That won't stop me buying some more tomorrow if the market has any.
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slowfen

Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #10 on: 10 January, 2010, 10:38:56 am »


THese are back in the shops for their short stay :) :)
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Wowbagger

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #11 on: 26 January, 2010, 05:16:45 pm »
I bought just over 12lb this morning for £10.90. We've still got about 7lb of last year's left, as well as half a dozen pots of marmalade.
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border-rider

Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #12 on: 26 January, 2010, 05:19:47 pm »
Mrs MV had a marmalade-making day on Saturday when I was off enjoying myself on the bike :)
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Wowbagger

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Re: Seville oranges
« Reply #13 on: 26 January, 2010, 05:22:28 pm »
Ours are in the freezer.
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