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In March 2021, my inspirational, joyous mother passed away suddenly of a rare stroke. We used to dabble in orangey experiments together, and The Marmalade Project is part tribute to her; part fundraiser for the wonderful Stroke Association; part celebration of how much love and joy can be packed into one small jar.
I hope this jar provides you with a spoonful of joy on a cosy Sunday morning.
Spread some joy. Pass it on.
Belinda x
![And so… The Marmalade Project is a go! 🚀🍊☄️
🔥Kicked off with an incredible few days spent visiting Seville, the home of the Marmalade Orange (𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 / 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮) and specifically the beautiful and fragrant orange groves of @gospacitrus based in Mairena del Alcor 🌳🏞️
😎Jose incredibly generously hosted me and showed me the amazing set up that is the Gospa operation - never again will I be wasting my time with inferior oranges! (Waitrose I’m looking at you… 🧐🤨 unless @waitrose switch their supplier to Gospa 🙃… more musings on this in pending blog post📝)
🤓I learnt an enormous amount about the cultivation, the organic practice, the history and geography of the area and all the resulting environmental factors which contribute to such outstanding quality in their citrus fruits 🥇💯🏆
🗝️💦The key is in the ancient waterways and reservoirs (and 𝘓𝘰𝘴 𝘊𝘢ñ𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢 [a Roman aqueduct] which was built in the first century BC) established hundreds and thousands of years ago which made the area such a key focus for growing crops, agriculture and pomology / pomiculture 🍋🍊🫒 ~ 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 9 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢 400 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦’𝘴 50𝘊 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴!
🪜Even the ladders they use to pick the oranges are immovably heavy and take skill and knowledge to manoeuvre and to use safely, it is no mean feat - and the tree in pic 5 is over 20 feet tall 🤯 imagine climbing up there and filling your 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘢 with oranges! (Pic 10)
🧡All in all a fascinating and extremely educational trip; a delight to meet the lovely Jose and his wife Amadora, and I am now more inspired than ever to take on the mammoth mission which is the marmalade marathon!💪👩🏼🍳 Stay tuned for updates…📲👂
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