Mackays The Dundee Marmalade, Orange, 340g

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Our Marmalade Gin Liqueur has rich citrus notes, accompanied by a warming sweetness to produce a unique flavour combination. If pectin is added, the marmalade must contain at least 27% of peel, pulp, or juice of citrus fruit. After this acquisition in 1920, [7] Keiller was sold again several times before becoming part of another company of Scottish origin, Robertson's.

In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility an over-indulgent mother feeds apricot marmalade to her fussy three-year-old child who has been slightly scratched by a pin in the mother's hair. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. However, this legend was "decisively disproved by food historians", according to a New York Times report. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Contrary to local myth, the Keillers' main business remained in running a grocery, and marmalade accounted for only 5% of trade in 1833.Be prepared to stand over your preserving pan as the marmalade approaches setting point (220 degrees F)though.

James Keiller died in 1839 and the business was continued by his widow, Margaret, and son, Alexander Keiller (1820–1877). Our signature product is made with the original Marmalade recipe by Mackays, still made traditionally in copper pans!

In 1876, when the British Trademark Registry Act came into force, Keiller's Dundee Orange Marmalade was one of the first brands to be formally registered. 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.

The consistency was also changed, from its former solid form (akin to quince jelly), to a spreadable semi-liquid form, and only at this point did it begin to be placed on toast (especially morning toast). Alton’s Allen Gallery is an intimate setting for one of the nation’s most outstanding collections of ceramics.It is believed that James Keiller and Son was also the first to produce Dundee cake commercially and to give it the distinctive name. We currently deliver to Stirlingshire and surrounding areas 5 days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. 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.

In 1888 (following the abolition of the sugar tax on the British mainland), the company opened a factory at Tay Wharf, Silvertown in London. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. A traditional method used by artisanal jam makers and our grandmothers: the width of the pan spreads the heat so the fruit cooks evenly without overcooking.

Kettilby then directs: "boil the whole pretty fast 'till it will jelly" – the first known use of the word "jelly" in marmalade making.