State of the Citrus

[hrj]

The kumquat preserves have been put up (7 1-cup jars). The syrup should have been just on the edge of jelling which is about what I was aiming for. (Not a solid jelly, but a very thick syrup around the whole kumquats.) I found the small jars I wanted for the marmalade, so I'm going to go ahead and run the crock pot all night to start reducing it down. I haven't found anything I like yet for marmalade boxes, and now I can't get google to cough up any images of what I'm looking for. I know I've seen a couple still lifes with what look like they ought to be marmalade boxes and my recollection is something like the little thin wood boxes you can sometimes find small brie cheeses in. So I'm going to set up some rounds of the paste in ceramic ramekins of the right size lined with saran wrap and may simply start collecting cheese boxes to put them in.

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I've had membrillo paste in the boxes you describe (tho' not this side of the Atlantic, alas).

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you can find those round boxes for sale at the kind of crafts stores where they expect you to paint everything with sayings and glue pedrplexing things to them.

[joycebre.livejournal.com]

Did you try searching for shaker boxes? They're called that sometimes.