Discovering a new life in Costa Almeria

Having made the decision that full time work really is bad for your health,my husband convinced me that we should get 2 puppies and retire early. What I hadn't anticipated was that retirement would see us in Almeria, in southern Spain. This is our story from making the decision to move to our life here. For more posts read the full blog at http://relocatetospain.blogspot.com. What I hadn't realised was that I wasn't ready to retire so after 2 years we are back in the UK. However, when I am finally ready to retire - Spain is still in the mix.

Home made Kumquat Jam - Success or Failure?
Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 12:43 PM

Now, by any stretch of the imagination I am no cook. I can scramble eggs for the pups, I can put together a sandwich and I can make a dinner by opening cans, packets or defrosting - but baking? jam making?.............it's all a mystery to me.

So, what ever possessed me to decide to make Kumquat Jam?

Well, it seemed a shame to waste this home grown crop of fruit after I have nurtured it through the summer months and the recipe I downloaded from Google only required Kumquats, Sugar and a microwave, so even I should be capable of putting those 3 elements together and getting something from it.

OK, so for those of you new to a Kumquat, allow me to introduce the little fruit.

It's about an inch in size and in Spanish it's called a 'naranjita' which is quite literally 'little orange'.

Click on http://relocatetospain.blogspot.com to see whether I managed a successful jam session.

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Sandra said:
Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 1:14 PM

Success indeed Jacqui! By trial and error you made it and it looked good enough to eat.
The reason it went hard is probably because you were working with such a small amount of fruit and the lack of juice caused the sugar to caramelise (set hard).
Lemon curd is one of my favourites and delicious when home made. Good luck with that too!

Jacqui said:
Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 10:51 AM

Well, I found a good recipe that made my Lemon Curd easy to make, maybe I have found my niche field in the kitchen - jams etc. The lemon curd was a bit more tricky but tastes wonderful - on fresh buttered bread - what a childhood treat that used to be.

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After being advised by doctors that not working and living somewhere warm would significantly improve my health, I took the decision to retire early with my husband and move to San Juan de los Terreros in Almeria. After 18 months we decided to move to the mountains near Velez Rubio and renovate a mountain property. While my husband found Spanish life suited him I could not settle and we returned home a few months ago and now Spain wil be a fond memory and a place to holiday again. I began keeping a blog as a diary of our move which friends and family could share and now, I can't stop.