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  • The name and its derivations are found all over Europe - "marmelada" in Greece, "marmelatta" in Italy.

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  • She went on in singsong, pan con marmelada, pan con pollo, pan con .... while I went off to see her grandfather.

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  • In the 15th century the Portuguese imported solid quince marmalade marmelada; this was sliced and flavored with rosewater, musk or ambergris.

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  • In the 15th century the Portuguese imported solid quince marmalade marmelada; this was sliced and flavored with rosewater, musk or ambergris.

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  • This marmalade is much darker and heavier in consistency than Portuguese marmelada and Spanish membrillo.

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  • There is a myth that Mary Queen of Scots introduced marmalade to Scotland, but I think this is down to the infamous pun derived from marrying her name to marmelada.

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  • The origins of marmelada reach away from the shores of the Iberian penisula, and toward ancient Persia.

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  • The origins of marmelada reach away from the shores of the Iberian penisula, and toward ancient Persia.

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  • It is possible that Mary help popularise French food tastes within Scotland, and that a consignment of marmelada travelled with her from France, but it was already known in Scotland before her arrival.

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  • Luxury foods such as sugars, dried fruits and sweet wines were all assured good sellers to the wealthier Tudor households, and it seems reasonable to think that some canny Portuguese trader thought it worthwhile to also bring over a few boxes of their local sweet marmelada, made of preserved marmelo Portuguese for quince.

    Marmalade - Part 1 2006

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