PLUM CHUTNEY RECIPE

Thanks, Mike. It looks good. My wife bought a whole lot of plums the other day and I do believe I have all the ingredients except the malt vinegar.

It looks like there are two tomatoes in the photo. Were they added just for colour, or should there be some tomatoe in the mix?

-- jroot

and we just planted 2 plum trees!!! woo hoo—in a few years, that is

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

JROOT
YES THEY WERE ADDED FOR COLOUR BUT NO REASON WHY THEY COULD NOT BE MOST CHUTNEYS I MAKE GET ADAPTED OVER THE YEARS AND I SELDOM USE MEASUREMENTS AMONG THE BEST OF THESE IS LAST YEARS MANGO AND CHILLI CHUTNEY.

DEBBIE DONT FORGET PLUM BRANDY!!!

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

I’ve got two new plum trees in the ground this year too. Going to have to put this recipe to the side and try it out.

So a chutney is really just a mixed fruit jam then? Ok, that’s what I thought it was. Seems alot like the hot pepper jelly I made in that it was a mix of things, tossed into vinegar, heated and bottled. ;)

Hmmmm.. Going to have to play with a few chutney recipes to see how they are.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Some chutneys go well with curry.

Of course, chili sauce is always a must.

blooz

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Hi Scott
chutney differs from jam, jam usually has mainly a fruit content with sugar and water chutney usually has fruit and vegetables mixed but with vinegar.jams i would spread on scones ( in america what i call scones were called biscuits ?) ,bread or toast as a teatime item but chutney is great with cold meat or cheese and as mentioned with a curry, mind you i speak with only an english point of view and realise that in america anything goes. when i was in America i loved the diners and the famiies having breakfast together but to mix bacon with maple syrup was not my cup of tea. i dont know much about Canadian type meals but i feel sure some of you will enlighten me.
So lets talk breakfasts every week day i have cereal with two slices of toast with marmite, honey or as a sandwich with a sliced banana in it , but weekends on saturday or sunday its a fry up with egg bacon fried bread and baked beans or tomatos. or two big soft boiled eggs and soldiers ( strips of bread and butter to dip in the egg).so what do you lot eat for breakfast then?
Regards Mike

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

For breakfast, it is toast and honey. I gotta have my honey every morning ( Don’t get the wrong idea there). Then add some fruit and yogurt.

On weekends, perchance 2 strips of bacon, 1 egg, toast and honey.

My dad was a beekeeper when I was young, and we grew up on toast and honey. It is like a ritual now. When we travel, and they don’t have honey, I get unnerved. When I asked for it in Montreal, the waitress asked if I needed honey for my coffee, and what was wrong with the sugar. Poor child, just didn’t understand.

-- jroot

plain yoghurt with honey drizzled in it now you`re talking

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

breakfast: gotta have my cereal. hot or cold, doesn’t matter but they day isn’t right if the cereal doesn’t go in… of course, on bonfire breakfast days that theory goes out the window and it’s bacon, eggs, and toast and jam.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

So jR, when you travel do you make a point of trying the local honey? My husband and I had bees for a number of years and we still always try the local honey when traveling. My daughter just got back from France and sure enough she brought us some lavender honey from and abbey she visited.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

Yes, indeed. When we were in France, the lavender honey was on my table. :)

-- jroot

We went to Hawaii and there we went to the monastery ( I was disappointed by the way the monks dressed: tee shirts and blue jeans1) and we got macadamean honey which was real strong and hibiscus honey which was nice and mild.
The man that we bought ours first hive from had learned bee keeping from his father so had been in the business for a long time. He could taste the honey and tell you what pollen or nectar the bees had used.He was very interesting.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

The best thing I find to have with a lovely cold sweet & sour chutney is hot and crispy pepper pops. Get fresh small hot peppers of any kind out of the garden and stuff them each with a different cheese dredge them in egg and flour and roll in a breadcrumb mixture (breadcrumbs, cornmeal salt & pepper) then fry in hot oil until golden and crunchy…make lots and serve hot with a side of chutney….mmmmm.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20