Most Expensive Marmalade

Marmalade, often served with toast as part of a full English breakfast, is usually made from fruit (usually oranges), sugar, water and, possibly, a gelling agent. Add in gold, vintage champagne and Dalmore 62, the world’s most expensive scotch, and you have Duerr’s entry into the World’s Original Marmalade Festival in Cumbria. At £5,000 ($9,743 USD), Duerr’s offering is certainly the world’s most expensive marmalade.

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The three-day festival, located near Ullswater—the second largest lake in the English Lake District—in Dalemain House, is meant to find the best marmalade. Last year, the festival attracted over 350 entries. This year, judges will be trying the most expensive marmalade in the world. A slice of toast on which the marmalade has been spread is estimated to be worth £76 ($148 USD)—disregarding the cost of the toast itself.

The World’s Original Marmalade Festival starts on February 7th. Entries must be received by February 3rd with the jar labeled with the date the marmalade was made as well as the entrant’s name and telephone number on the bottom. Entries cost £5 ($9.74 USD).

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