Here in dear old blighty I think it's fair to say we eat our fair share of marmalade.
Naturally, I enjoy my bowl of crunchy nut as much as the next guy and the full English is an occasional treat (less so since it killed most of my uncles) but if I'm really honest, there's no breakfast I like better than a couple of slices with some quality seville on the roof.

Is this marmalade fixation just a UK thing and if not, how do you like it: thick cut, thin cut or even (gulp) lemon/lime marmalade? Are you a stickler for a favourite brand or, like me, eternally questing for that perfect orangey fix?

The texture of the orange peel is gross, plus the tang is a bit too overpowering.

Still, Paddington Bear likes it.

I like lemon lime marmalade :[

I also used to like gooseberry jam til I saw it was 65% sugar, haha. I wonder why I can never find just gooseberries in any shop though.

Believe it or not I'm consuming Rose's Lemon/Lime marmalade this very week - the kids love it too, more so than regular marmalade. Maybe Ozone would do better with that!

Although I'm pretty sure that all jam has to be 60+% sugar in order to preserve the fruit properly (I know that's the formula I work to for my home made plum and ginger conserve) you've touched on a mystery there: I've been to farms where they have strawberry picking a picked a load of goosberries too, but I don't recall ever seeing gooseberries on sale either.

I find that very strange: time to hit the streets to further my soft fruit based enquiries.

I didn't need to know that! >:[

We had some gooseberry bushes at the house I grew up in, they were a hazard to pick but the gooseberry pies were worth it.

One thing I do miss are the farmer's stands at weekends, in my hometown every saturday and sunday there was a local farmer's collective which would sell all kinds of fresh fruit and veg, it was always so good. It was near enough you could just walk a few blocks and pop in. At certain times of year there would be roadside stands selling sweetcorn or pumpkins or tomatoes right from the field. They do have farmer's markets here but they're usually just once a month at any location, so I'd have to go all over (and pay parking or bus fees) if I wanted regular produce from them. Asda's not as great, but I'm not going all over the place to get one person's worth of food.

Sorry, I just realized my previous post had nothing to do with toast. :[ Please don't ban me! Uhm, uhm.... I wish I had bought a toaster oven instead of a toaster, because only normal slices of bread fit in my toaster. If I want to toast a bun or a thick slice of breadmaker bread, I have to do it in the grill, which seems so wasteful. :[

Edit: Nevermind, they are kind of expensive.

One time my dad tried to reheat a leftover burrito in foil in a toaster oven and started it on fire. I didn't think tinfoil did that in a toaster oven, but maybe some of the stuff fell out and touched the heat elements?

Nonsense - toast can take you in any number directions.

Re farmers markets: it's only in the last few years we've started getting those and they're still rare as you say. Also, I don't see too many bargains on offer! They're so much better at this type of thing on the continent; in fact we get French farmers markets here once a month. I'm not sure why - it's prabably cheaper to go down the tunnel and buy it all from a French supermarket.

I never thought of a grill as wasteful! I throw practically everything under there, like bagels with cheesy toppings or pizzas. You can cook a pizza under a grill if you don't mind it being cooked really badly.

Toaster ovens are not something I've ever used. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've even seen one. Is it something everyone has in the States like giant fridges and
basements?

Most US ovens don't have a broiler compartment, although they do have a broiler setting, but that involves using the whole oven, which is really unnecessary if you just want to grill something small.

A toaster oven is like a mini grill, electric, and is good for melting cheese on toast and other 'dry' grilling tasks. You wouldn't want to do a burger in it. If you google images it you'll get the idea. They're probably more popular in the US because of the oven thing.

One of the reasons I like this rental house so much is because the fridge is giant. :]

Wow, that's one sexy oven! I've never seen one before or if I have, I thought it was a microwave. I'm can't image why they'd want to toast a pile of camel dung though.

Nobody here had giant fridges, not even people with giant houses, until they started to notice them on friends, when they became the but of lame 'those crazy Americans' comedy routines for about six months before becoming objects of desire. They usually say we're ten years behind, so that would be about right. I sincerely hope America banished management consultants about nine years ago. >=(