[HN Gopher] Marmalade: A British obsession
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       Marmalade: A British obsession
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2021-11-18 20:33 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | mig39 wrote:
       | As a young Portuguese-Canadian, I was surprised to find out that
       | most "marmalades" in Canada weren't made of quince.
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       | In Portugal, "marmalade" was made of quince, period. The other
       | things were probably called jellies or jams.
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       | I've come full circle on it, as you can buy the original
       | Portuguese marmalade in Canada now.
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       | https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/quince-jam/p/20159955_...
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       | The Portuguese word for 'quince' is 'marmelo,' which is where the
       | word marmalade comes from.
        
         | jojobas wrote:
         | Funnily in Russian "marmelad" means something completely
         | different, basically hard jelly candies (think jelly worm
         | hardness), typically coated in caster sugar.
        
       | pjsg wrote:
       | We make (very small quantities) of marmalade from our Poncirus
       | Trifoliata
       | (https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFin...)
       | tree. This grows in the US in Zone 5/6.
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       | The fruit is very bitter, and this gives the marmalade a
       | wonderful wake-you-up sharpness.
        
       | rvieira wrote:
       | Portuguese marmelada and British marmelade are so different.
       | 
       | Marmelada has a texture similar to a grainy pate and it is very
       | sweet.
        
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