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As a young Portuguese-Canadian, I was surprised to find out that most "marmalades" in Canada weren't made of quince. In Portugal, "marmalade" was made of quinc
by mig39 5y ago
As a young Portuguese-Canadian, I was surprised to find out that most "marmalades" in Canada weren't made of quince.
In Portugal, "marmalade" was made of quince, period. The other things were probably called jellies or jams.
I've come full circle on it, as you can buy the original Portuguese marmalade in Canada now.
https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/quince-jam/p/20159955_EA https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/quince-jam/p/20159955_...
The Portuguese word for 'quince' is 'marmelo,' which is where the word marmalade comes from.
- jojobas 5y agoFunnily in Russian "мармелад" means something completely different, basically hard jelly candies (think jelly worm hardness), typically coated in caster sugar.
- qalmakka 5y agoIf I recall correctly the Portuguese term was the original etymology of all the "marmalades" in other languages. The French changed the meaning of the world by extension from "quince cheese" to "citrus preserve", and then every other languages just took the French meaning. For instance, in Italian _legally_ "marmellata" should be applied only to citrus preserves, but in common usage it came to be used to refer to every kind of jam (the correct term being "confettura", which is rarely used). In German if I recall correctly "Marmelade" just means "jam".