I am almost certain no one except Sister can guess what this bottle contains. A couple of balikbayan boxes arrived yesterday and there were several bottles of homemade goodies from Sister. But this one would befuddle even the most learned foodie. So go ahead, take a guess, and be as specific as you can be. In other words, don’t just say a category of food like say, chutney, but say indian mango and dried goji berry chutney. Wrack your brains, scour your memory banks for posts on Sister, and here’s a final hint… the base ingredient for this concoction is something I have featured on the blog before. Sorry, no prizes for correct answers, just supreme bragging rights that you figured it out. :)
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Lemon marmalade?
Tangerine Jelly or Orange Tangerine Marmalade
balimbing marmalade? :)
Kumquat marmalade
kamias marmalade (no idea how it can get to US though) :) HVD to everyone
kamias marmalade
Kamias jam
kamias jam
meyer lemon
It’s kamias marmalade.
kamias and mandarin marmalade
Tiny clementine marmalade?
I wish there was another photo to look at… but from this angle it looks like some sort of pickled radish or some radish like fruit or veggie…either way the photo looks quite nice…
On second thought… Buddha’s hand marmalade?????
Ditto with j., the details of the pulp/bits in the preserve are a bit too faint, but they definitely don’t look like the standard citrus slices. Citron though doesn’t have those pulps and mostly has the pith-like thing underneath the skin… Was going to say plum, but the slices are a little too “distinct” for a plum jam/marmalade. Or maybe a truffle preserve (one of the slices in the pic have those nerve-connections-like things)? That or i’m just really hungry and already seeing things hahaha
Apricot-orange jam?
kamias marmalade. we have 2 kamias trees, would know it right away.
I think it’s either apricot-orange jam or loquat jam? haha.. I’m just making guesses..
Is it a kumquat marmalade? Costco was selling a lot of kumquat plants recently … maybe for Chinese New Year.
Kumquat-Ginger marmalade
I thought it was kumquat and ginger marmalade. Then I saw Betty Q had guessed the same earlier.
blood orange jam
apricot marmalade
looks like “kamias” jam..
Sister…you inspired me to make Kumquat or Mandarin Orange-Ginger-Habanero marmalade today….see what happens when you posts things like this, MM? My chores will be put on the back burner again and my thinking cap is on again!
definitely not kumquat marmalade, i make those i know what they look like. i’d guess kamias jam (although that looks too clear for kamias jam). it looks very delicious!
Meyer lemon marmalade? :)
Cucumber and orange marmalade??? Is that done?
calamansi marmalade
First thought was kamias jelly/marmalade or may be some form of atchara.
But after googling, reading other guesses, and its imported provenance. I will settle for “Confiture Cedrat”.
https://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/azrael1010/cedrat02.png
:P
Like Ros and most of the us here, I thought it was either atchara or kamias jelly :-) , but I really have no idea ;-)
I’m guessing cucumber and orange marmalade.
Kamias and Orange Marmalade
pickled baby cucumber.
orange marmalade
Quince marmalade? Pepper jelly?
Can I change my answer, MM…I second J’s answer…buddha’s hand marmalade!
definitely a marmalade..probably an orange one
Kamias marmalade!
They look like yellow succhini marmalade or english cucumber pickles.. it might look yellow or orangey, but it might be just the light. I stared at the seeds and spines on the shape itself, it is round with scalloped edges.. I don’t know buddhas hand.. so I am not sure, but for sure not kamias or orange or kumquat..
Sirit na… huwag mo na kaming pahirapan, wuwuwuwuwuwuuw….
I searched for the post when Sister send you balikbayan boxes of Jams – and she did send you a lot of bottles, so I looked for what is yellowy in color and I came up with meyer lemon, yellow raspberry, peach lemon, (I don’t know the color of quince) and even probably yellow kalamansi.
I myself was thinking of making yellow grape tomatoes marmalade.. if Ms. Betty will send me some (just joking – Whole Foods has them but not as fresh as Ms. Betty’s straight from the garden produce). I am thinking of doing kumquats too.. here ampalaya atchara is what they have been selling instead of the papaya ones.
Ebba…for papaya substitute…I use TROMBOCINO na mura pa…plant a few seeds but only plant 1 seedling in your garden…you need a trellis, so ask Mr. T to build you one. The texture of the trombocino is just like a papaya na mura. I made quite a bit of achara using it and the Pinoys I shared them with were all amazed that they will also start using tromocino. So, I have to plant 3 seedlings this summer.
Also, MM said the base ingredient…so think all the citrus fruits he featured. if it isn’t buddha’s marmalade, then this will be my very last comment ever on this blog!
At any rate, this is fun…wish though we could taste it!…Kung kapitbahay lang kita, MM…I will have the scones ready before you know it!
Seville orange and Meyer lemon marmalade.
for sure it’s a marmalade…i thought it would be kumquat, but reading through and knowing that Sister made it, it must be something she found in the market at Union Square last summer.
J’s answer is a big possibility. But something tells me that it’s some fruit that we could not pinpoint right now….
wracking my brains now…
Hahaha. Pretty darned good guys. At least 3 of you have figured it out. One definitively, two after the first one suggested it. Answers coming up later today… but I am very impressed, you definitely deserve bragging rights for figuring it out. But let me put a stop to some common guesses… it may look like kamias, but there is no way Sister has access to kamias in the middle of Manhattan… so that guess is off. :)
For sure it’s a marmalade….looks like ginger or cucumber slices?
Homemade Quince jelly or chutney or marmalade from your awesome Sister!
And I went straight to answering before looking at everyone else’s answers….
kamias jam?
j., kron, betty q., ebbablue?! :)
It’s…. delicious. :)
My guess is kumquat marmalade too…
achara
Ms. Betty Q., in response to an earlier cheeky comment: we can all breathe easier… you can continue to comment to your heart’s content and I’m quite certain, to everyone else’s delight… it is buddha’s hand!
I guess kumquat..used to make it when we lived in Louisiana. Looks just like it :-)
Kumquat Marmalade
Ms. BettyQ, pahingi ng seed ng sinasabi mong plant, please.
J…there are times when my brain works faster than my hand…my hands are not meant for typing rather they were meant for mixing cake batters. I meant to say that it will be the last comment ever on this thread for I am getting big fat headaches wracking my brain and that isn’t good! ….can’t take any more Advils till 3 hours later which is so weird for the temp that day wasn’t anywhere near migraine weather!
So, I apologize to anyone I offended! But just so, I don’t get into trouble anymore, my husband just suggested that I continue to read all those blogs I enjoy reading …food, and gardening and just keep it that way…just read them before calling it a day.
Hope you guys have a nice Easter!
Ebba…seeds will be in the mail early next week! I must warn you that 1 plant yields enough Trombocino to make a balde of achara! You can also use it as a sub for upo. The seed cavity is in the bulb. When you pick it at the mura stage, not much seeds in it.
happy Achara making!
Very good guess, Buddha’s Hand citron it is. I made several versions from a whole box of Buddha’s hand citron purchased from the Berkeley organic farmers market. Some had star anise, some cloves, some ginger, etc. Great for making sauces for roast duck or pork. Also good with cheese when cooked down to a clear block like membrillo.
Seville orange marmalade