MarmaladeWork colleague asked on work intranet site chat page where Marmalade came from and why it's not called Jam. This was my reply.
Marmalade (pronounced Mar-mi-lard) was invented by a young Prussian man called Krochov Lade in the late eighteenth century. He fell upon this fruity concoction whilst trying to design the latest designer drink (for the time) which later became Orange squash. In his quest for a refreshing drink he tried many ways of extracting the orange's juices, many of which were failures. Apart from when he started to experiment with explosives in his extracting juice experiments. The method in question was his crate of oranges and stick of dynamite experiment. This was set up in his lab and to put it simply resulted in a mess . But from this Marmalade was born as on his desk in the lab was a half eaten snack of the cooked bread variety. Which had as a result of this experiment been coated in mashed up oranges. He tasted this snack and liked it so much Marmalade was born. The name is derived from two words 'Marma' Prussian for 'With bits' and 'Lade' being Mr. Krochov surname.
So in answer to your question it's Prussian in origin and it's not called 'Jam' as jam was invented at a later date mid nineteenth century.
Didn't hear anything back from them, surprising that.
(Marmalade (pronounced Mar-mi-lard) was invented by a young Prussian man called Krochov Lade in the late eighteenth century. He fell upon this fruity concoction whilst trying to design the latest designer drink (for the time) which later became Orange squash. In his quest for a refreshing drink he tried many ways of extracting the orange's juices, many of which were failures. Apart from when he started to experiment with explosives in his extracting juice experiments. The method in question was his crate of oranges and stick of dynamite experiment. This was set up in his lab and to put it simply resulted in a mess . But from this Marmalade was born as on his desk in the lab was a half eaten snack of the cooked bread variety. Which had as a result of this experiment been coated in mashed up oranges. He tasted this snack and liked it so much Marmalade was born. The name is derived from two words 'Marma' Prussian for 'With bits' and 'Lade' being Mr. Krochov surname.
So in answer to your question it's Prussian in origin and it's not called 'Jam' as jam was invented at a later date mid nineteenth century.
Didn't hear anything back from them, surprising that.
BindiBaji,
Thu 27 Nov 2003, 11:59,
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