why?

it comes from the porugese word marmellos (quince)
quince jam basicaly first imported in the 1500's and listed as marmelada
in port records.
mike :)
 
Marmalade was originally a sea sickness cure used by Mary Queen of Scots. mary was of course more French than Scottish so literally it was
mer (sea) malade (ill).


See teachers can be useful sometimes
 
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