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tuftearsWhat do you do with tangerines your aunt gives you that were grown in her backyard, if you don't normally eat tangerines?
I knew there was no way I was going to get through the tangerines before they went bad, even if I were disposed to mess with such an annoyingly fibrous fruit. So, I did a web search or two, and what should come up but the idea of making marmalade?
Hmm, Tufty, couldn't you then use the marmalade as a basis for some really tasty tangerine beef? thought I.
It wouldn't be bad on sandwiches either, if I ate more PB&J sandwiches, which I don't, but anyway, this seemed like the most reasonable method, since they would be otherwise going bad within a week or so.
So I looked around for recipes that wouldn't involve going out and buying lemons. (I'm coming down with something, I think. Stupid flus.) This one seemed simple: over three days, just heat to boiling, then simmer for 15 minutes, then leave for 24 hours so the fruit would macerate. Works for me!
Day 1. I've just cut the tangerines up and stuck them into the pot, mixed in the first round of sugar, then begun heating them.
Now it's done simmering, so I've covered the pot and set it aside for the coming day. We'll have to see how it goes!
I knew there was no way I was going to get through the tangerines before they went bad, even if I were disposed to mess with such an annoyingly fibrous fruit. So, I did a web search or two, and what should come up but the idea of making marmalade?
Hmm, Tufty, couldn't you then use the marmalade as a basis for some really tasty tangerine beef? thought I.
It wouldn't be bad on sandwiches either, if I ate more PB&J sandwiches, which I don't, but anyway, this seemed like the most reasonable method, since they would be otherwise going bad within a week or so.
So I looked around for recipes that wouldn't involve going out and buying lemons. (I'm coming down with something, I think. Stupid flus.) This one seemed simple: over three days, just heat to boiling, then simmer for 15 minutes, then leave for 24 hours so the fruit would macerate. Works for me!
Day 1. I've just cut the tangerines up and stuck them into the pot, mixed in the first round of sugar, then begun heating them.
Now it's done simmering, so I've covered the pot and set it aside for the coming day. We'll have to see how it goes!
