Grapefruit Marmalade.... Hey, why not?

[MrMickeysMom]

Yesterday, the local grocer had a deal on Texas Ruby Reds ... "buy a bag, get a bag free". Of course, I had a lot of extra grapefruit that even I couldn't polish off, as my husband doesn't like fresh grapefruit like I like it... So, I decided... Why not marmalade?

I have a good knife that hasn't de-fingered me yet, so I put it to use peeling and slicing around the thing so I ended up with little sliver rinds.
Then, I cut up 7 grapefruit rinds, sectioned the fruit, didn't even remove the pulp, as it's supposed to provide plenty of pectin.
I added a little over 3 cups of water, and as much sugar, got the idea I'd add about a half cup of orange blossom honey, then sliced a few thick pieces of ginger root.

I've been cooking this the better part of 8 hours, which sounds crazy, but I didn't exactly cook it to the internet recipe I researched, just to the point where I could transfer it into a crock pot. I added the sugar after initially cooking the fruit, rind and water for 2 hours, and added honey and ginger right before the crock pot.

You're supposed to let it work until it reaches a temperature of 220 f, at which time it's ... MARMALADE.

Well, it's time for bed and I'm just gonna turn down the crock pot and let it go all night, since it's probably gonna take that long, given the way I sort of changed the cook method.

Now this may turn out like rubber, but at least I've had a wonderful smell of marmalade all evening (which was good, cause I cooked salmon, and the smell went right out of the air)

I have no idea if this will really be a good marmalade, however, if this stuff turns out like I think it might, I'm gonna have to recall it in "recipe form" here.

I just had to share that. :-)