There is no
need for me to repeat here all of the ethical, economic, and environmental justifications
for avoiding food waste. Anyone who doesn’t already understand them is a lost
cause. I can, however, give you an additional reason for saving that last
spoonful of good gravy, soup, sauce, or condiment. It is an idea with no global
implications, to be sure, but it deserves consideration none the less.
Flavour.
Throwing out the last little bit of something delicious is throwing out flavour.
A bit of flavour that just might be what your recipe needs. Today I ask you to
consider marmalade. Of course, a spoonful or two of a jam is just the right amount
to spread on your toast, so in theory “leftover marmalade” should be a nonsense
phrase. There may be a potent temptation to throw out a not-quite empty jar of
a conserve, I suppose. Perhaps you have returned from a visit to the Farmers’
Market with a new flavour of jam, but feel that the old jar should be finished
off first? Perhaps you are about to make a new batch of marmalade and need to
recycle that jar? Perhaps, of course, you just love marmalade and want to
explore new ways of using that lovely citrus tang to your cooking.
In a couple
of previous posts we have had Marmalade Pudding (here, and here,) so I wont
give another pudding today.
When eggs are scarce, use one egg and a tablespoonful of
marmalade instead of two or three eggs in a cake. This makes it light and gives
the cake a delightful flavour.
Worker (Brisbane, Qld) 31 May 1938
And this:
Marmalade Sauce.
Take 3 tablespoonfuls of marmalade, mix with it about 2 tablespoonfuls
of water and 1 of sherry, warm over the fire; if not sweet enough, add a little
sifted sugar. A few drops of lemon juice is an improvement to it.
The Menu Cookery Book (1885)
Another tasty idea, from a
most interesting source:
Jam or Marmalade Pie.
Take two tablespoonfuls of jam or marmalade, beat up one egg,
add an ounce of butter, previously melted. Beat altogether. Line a plate with
good paste and fill with the mixture.
The Phrenological Magazine, Volume 5 (1889)
If you are a
marmalade fanatic with a jar to spare, how about this?
Marmalade Bread.
Sift together 3 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder and ½
teaspoon salt. Add grated rind and juice of 1 orange to 1 well beaten egg; stir
in ¼ cup brown sugar and 1 cup milk. Blend flour mixture with egg mixture, stir
in ½ cup marmalade and add ¼ cup melted shortening. Pour into greased loaf tin,
stand 25 minutes and bake in moderate oven till firm to touch.
Chronicle (Adelaide, SA) 8 July 1948
And, finally, my favourite
idea for a whole jar of the good stuff:
Seville Orange Ice from
Marmalade.
Put 1 lb. of smooth orange
marmalade into a basin and add the juice of 2 lemons; mix in by degrees 1 quart
of cream, pass through a hair sieve, and freeze as before.
The Pastrycook and
Confectioners Guide, by Robert Wells, 1889.
2 comments:
Not meaning to be fussy but, in the final recipe for ice cream, it says "freeze as before". What is included in those instructions?
Sorry, Elise, I do usually include the "as before" instructions. I will get to it and amend the post - sometime in the next day or so. Thanks!
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