Show ve serving or of gratitude i an encyclopedia tells us the orange was brought to europe by the moors and ecal introduced into italy during the fourteenth century it ass unknown to the ancient greeks and romans though they had both lemons and cit rons the moors appear to havre have used it medicinally especially the rind we cin can understand tand that when it was onze known it was not a very long step to its being cooked with sugar rugar then we may suppose some traveling englishman canie came across it and having tasted and liked it took a sample and i a recipe home with him and so started the national taste for marnin marmalade lade whoever he was we owe awe him gratitude montreal family herald |