Hampshire Cultural Trust has received funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund to help reimagine the Allen Gallery and its nationally significant ceramic collection over the next year. There is an apocryphal story that Mary, Queen of Scots consumed marmalade as a treatment for seasickness, [14] and that the name is derived from her maids' whisper of Marie est malade ('Mary is ill'). One of Janet Keiller's great-great-great grandsons was Alexander Keiller, the noted archaeologist, and one of her great-great-great-great grandsons is the British television presenter Monty Don. In Agatha Christie's 1953 detective novel A Pocket Full of Rye, the murder weapon is poisoned orange marmalade consumed at breakfast by the victim.

aurantium, prized for its high pectin content, which sets readily to the thick consistency expected of marmalade. Marmalade existed in Spain and Portugal since at least the 15th century and a Scottish recipe for orange marmalade appears in "Mrs McLintoch's Receipts (sic)" of 1736. Our product details, including product names, descriptions, specifications and images of serving suggestions, are not intended to constitute the full legal description of the products, and does not necessarily include all information including allergens. Without these technologies, things like personalised recommendations, your account preferences, or localisation may not work correctly. Matthew, The Keiller Dynasty 1800–1879 narrates the history of Keillers; BBC News "Legacies: Keiller's: Sticky Success": offers an abbreviated version.Brakes may change product specifications or information at any time and such amendments may not be updated online immediately.

Sugar, Seville oranges, concentrated orange juice, concentrated lemon juice, gelling agent: fruit pectin, acidity regulator: citric acid, orange essential oil. In 1797, they opened a factory to produce "Dundee Marmalade", [24] a preserve distinguished by thick chunks of bitter Seville orange rind.The Apicius gives a recipe for preserving whole quinces, stems and leaves attached, in a bath of honey diluted with defrutum—Roman marmalade. Sugar, Seville Oranges, Orange Juice (from concentrate), Lemon Juice (from concentrate), Gelling Agent Fruit Pectin, Acidity Regulator Citric Acid, Orange Oil. You should also note that the picture images show only our serving suggestions of how to prepare your food - all table accessories and additional items and/or ingredients pictured with the product you are purchasing are not included. Our signature product is made with the original Marmalade recipe by Mackays, still made traditionally in copper pans! Dundee Orange Marmalade The original marmalade was first created in Dundee in 1797 and is still made using copper pans today.

Using traditional open copper pans, the highest quality bitter Seville oranges and our authentic methods, we ensure rich fruit flavours in every batch and that special home-made taste you expect from Mackays. If pectin is added, the marmalade must contain at least 27% of peel, pulp, or juice of citrus fruit. Paddington Bear is now used on the label of the smaller peel ("shred") and clearer/milder Robertson's "Golden Shred" marmalade, in place of the previous icon, " Golliwog", which is considered racially offensive. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Paddington Bear is known for his liking of marmalade, particularly in sandwiches, and kept it in his briefcase wherever he went.Be prepared to stand over your preserving pan as the marmalade approaches setting point (220 degrees F)though. The name originated in the 16th century from Middle French marmelade and Portuguese, where marmelada applied to quince jam. It is believed that James Keiller and Son was also the first to produce Dundee cake commercially and to give it the distinctive name. According to a legend, in the 18th century, James Keiller on speculation bought a Spanish ship's cargo that included Seville oranges when the ship sought refuge from a raging storm. The translated versions of this document keep the English definition of "marmalade" as referring to citrus fruits, even if the other languages use the corresponding word normally in the broader sense of a "jam".