![]() ![]() Dice the reserved clementine peel into small (1/2-inch) pieces and add to pot. Cut them as you did the clementines and remove all the seeds (I cut them into smaller bits in order to get at all the seeds). Put the orange pieces in a large pot (not aluminum as it could react with the citrus I used the enameled cast iron Dutch oven that I use for just about everything). Set the peel aside and cut the Cuties, first in half, then quarter the halves. Really.Ģ4-30 Cuties or other fresh clementines/mandarinsįirst peel the Cuties, reserving the peel from about four of them (wash those four first!). Also, there is one tedious step, which I hope won’t turn you off from this recipe: I read somewhere that lemon seeds contain a lot of pectin (the stuff that makes fruit turn to gel), and since I didn’t want to be fishing seeds out of my marmalade, I made a little satchel from an emptied-out teabag for the seeds to simmer in. The only thing that was even remotely hard about this recipe was peeling all those Cuties (Good thing they’re so easy - and kind of fun - to peel as we all know, even kids can do it!) and lemons (a little more challenging use a knife to get them started). It’s delish on toasted cranberry bread too… I plan to serve this marmalade with scones on Christmas morning, and my husband made an experimental sauce for duck breasts with it last night that was outstanding. I added a couple lemons so it wouldn’t be too sweet, and, I must say, it’s delicious - and such a beautiful color, too. So when I was deciding what to make this year for holiday hostess gifts, I ditched my original plan of Berry Balsamic Jam (Too summery, right? Most of the berries are pretty pitiful these days.) in favor of something more seasonal like… Cutie Marmalade! Basically this is just orange marmalade using clementines instead of oranges. ![]() When my kids come out of school - basically one big Christmas party these days - with sticky fingers and faces from yet another “special treat” (“Mom, we had candy canes and donuts today!”), you can guess what we’re having for snack! Plus the Cuties help keep me out of the toffee, spiced nuts, peppermint bark, cranberry bread, and other recent house invaders. I love that Cuties are (usually) seedless, portable, tasty, and especially that they’re good for you. thrust eachĬlick here to return to the Southeast Asia War Gallery.Sometimes I wonder how we ever survived the winter, let alone the holiday season, before some very smart person started selling California clementines by the crate. The F-111A on display is marked as it appeared in 1972-1973 when assigned to the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing during Linebacker II.Īrmament: One 20mm M61A1 cannon and up to 24 conventional or nuclear weaponsĮngines: Two Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-3 of 18,500 lbs. ![]() In 1972, after correcting early problems, the USAF returned the F-111A to Southeast Asia for Operation Linebacker II, where it conducted very effective night strikes against North Vietnamese targets. In the spring of 1968 the USAF operationally tested the F-111A in Southeast Asia with mixed success. The F-111 could also fly at very low level and hit targets in bad weather. While in the air, the wings could be swept forward for takeoffs, landings or slow speed flight, and swept rearward for high-speed flight. Although the F-111 was unofficially referred to as the Aardvark, it did not receive the name officially until it was retired in 1996.Īn interested feature of the aircraft was its variable-geometry wings. In all, 566 F-111s of all series were built 159 of them were F-111As. Meanwhile, the Navy's F-111B program was canceled. The USAF's F-111A first flew in December 1964, and the first production models were delivered to the USAF in 1967. In 1960 the Department of Defense combined the USAF's requirement with a Navy need for a new air superiority fighter. Air Force requirement for a new tactical fighter-bomber. Originally known as the TFX (Tactical Fighter "X"), the F-111 was conceived to meet a U.S. ![]()
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