I was gifted a large bag of citrus fruit from a staff member, and then a friend added to the pile. Not wanting any to go to waste I made this citrus marmalade.
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When I mentioned I had been receiving unsolicited calls, Inger left a comment. She told me all the calls she receives that are not from contacts are sent to voicemail. I filed this information away in my mind until I was back home from The Netherlands. After a bad day, a call from an insurance company was the last straw. I decided there and then to look into the option of silencing these unwanted calls. All it took was a single setting on my phone. Any call that comes from an unknown number is silenced and sent to voicemail. People who are trying to solicit business from me will in no doubt hang up. And if the person needs to actually speak to me, they will hopefully leave a message. I am checking to see if any of the silenced numbers are from customers.
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To this end I use Truecaller which so far has been pretty accurate. And I’ve created a catch all contact for the numbers I don’t need individual details of. For example, companies I deal with but will never call, and Dave’s customers who call me inadvertently. The one upside is I don’t have to speak to people trying to sell me something I don’t want or need. And if it’s urgent and they call straight back, the phone will ring. However, some companies have become even bolder and now I am getting WhatsApp messages! Thankfully they are easy to block and report but that still takes time. Do you make use of the silence all unknown calls option on your phone?
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Citrus Marmalade
Ingredients
- 5 lemons
- 2 pomelos
- 4 oranges
- 500 mls water, plus extra if necessary
- 800 g fructose
Method
- Peel the skin off the lemons and pomelos, being careful to not include the pith
- Place into a blender, chop until fine and set aside
- Peel the skin off the oranges and discard
- Cut the fruit into wedges, place into the blender and blitz to a pulp
- Place the pulp into a heavy bottomed saucepan and add the water
- Bring to a boil over a high temperature then reduce the heat and leave to simmer for 45 minutes
- Set a strainer over a large measuring jug and tip half of the fruit and liquid into the strainer
- Leave to drip for 30 minutes then press out as much juice as you can
- Repeat with the rest of the fruit and liquid and once all done increase the liquid to 1l with water if necessary
- Place the liquid into a clean heavy bottom saucepan,together with the chopped skins
- Cover and bring to a simmer over a medium temperature
- Leave to simmer for 15 minutes, remove the lid and add the fructose
- Stir until dissolved then increase the temperature and bring to a boil
- Leave to boil until the marmalade reaches 105° Celsius
- Remove from the heat and carefully skim off any scum
- Leave to stand for 15 minutes before placing into sterilized glass jars
- Cool completely before securing the lids onto the jars
Notes
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The pictures of your marmelade are really delicious-looking.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Thank you Mae 🙂
Such a great idea to make marmalade to use up all your citrus. Looks amazing. I don’t get too many calls from solicitors on my cell phone, but my husband is bombarded. I’ll pass this idea on to him. Thanks
Hope he can also block unwanted calls!
I don’t answer calls from numbers I don’t know and my phone is always on silent. I discourage people from calling me, I am not a phone person. Email or text, that is my game. I am on email all day long until 8.30pm from 6.30am. If you need me, that is how you will reach me. I like this recipe. My mom and dad love marmalade. If I can get over the extraordinary fatigue I am feeling right now, I will make it for them for a Christmas present. I think this year has just been to much.
Wish I could send you a bottle! I am sure you are looking forward to getting away xx
I was not aware of such an app. I block callers after the fact; it would be nice to sort of do this in advance. I will check out the app…
It is a standard setting on the iPhone which really helps!
This marmalade looks luscious! I love that you used a variety of citrus fruit, for the best and more complex flavour.
Thank you Ben 🙂