Brian likes orange marmalade and asked me if I would make some. “Sure. I can do that.” Thus began an unexpected adventure.If you Google “orange marmalade recipe,” there are several that are really straightforward. They involve canning, but the instructions will tell you how to do it. And orange marmalade is great for a first-timer, because oranges contain a lot of pectin – all you need is a bag of oranges, a lemon, sugar, and water. What the recipes don’t tell you is that some oranges don’t have a lot of pectin.Being that this was my first attempt at an orange marmalade recipe without pectin, I started with a recipe from someone I can trust – Alton Brown. I gathered my ingredients – a 5-pound bag of oranges and a 4-pound bag of sugar. A lemon was already residing in the fridge, so I was set.Oh wait – I didn’t have canning equipment! Off to Rural King I went, where I purchased a 12-quart, 3-piece canning set from Granite Ware, and a dozen half-pint Ball jars. They were out of all the li...
