Oranges

Lots of fresh oranges here in south Texas. You can buy a ten pound bag for $5 from the street venders. Lots of the RV parks have a box set in the clubhouse filled with fresh picked oranges for the taking. Along the sides of the road oranges just fall to the ground waiting for you to scoop them up. But, you have to be careful as many of these are very sour and filled with seeds. The locals have a good laugh when they see someone stop and fill their trunk with these sour oranges. These trees are planted to bring in the bees. And to keep the true oranges from being picked by drive-by pickers. Pickers come by the hundreds down here and pick orchards clean in just a few days. The oranges are put into large crates and hauled away.

I am going to try making marmalade Here is a recipe for orange marmalade I got from a lady at Harley's. She made a batch and wow was it good.

6 oranges, 2 lemons, sugar
Peel oranges and cut the peels very thin (try to get off as much white as you can before slicing). Cut up the pulp. Cut the lemons very thin. Combine in a pot with about 1 1/2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Then, let stand over night in a cool place. The next day bring the pulp water mix to a boil again and cook until the peel is tender.

Measure fruit and liquid. For each cup of indrained fruit add 3/4 cup of sugar. Heat stirring the sugar till it is desolved Cook rapidly to the jelling point (8 degrees above boiling point of water) takes about 30 minutes.

Pour into hot serialized jars and seal.

Ginger marmalade: add 1 1/2 inch piece of fresh Ginger grated to the fruit and sugar mix

Enjoy.

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