Rainy Steamy Chutney
Oct. 22nd, 2006 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talktoolooseThe skies have barely cleared for a week now and it all feels like sorrow a bit. But that's okay in Autumn.
Good weekend so far. Yesterday, we finally started putting things up on the wall in the renovated 2nd floor including an awesome Indonesian knick-knacky kind of shelf from a garage sale which now holds three sea shells and a trippy Alice in Wonderland magnifying clock from another garage sale. In the bedroom, we've put up the enormous beautiful Chinese fan with painted storks bought at a third garage sale. Do you sense a pattern?
Then I got together for the first time in months with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snowmit who is incredible fun to hang out with. He helped me pick out a good PS2 game for my nephew's birthday today and then we had excellent Indian food and talked about how we're handling this thing called life. There are many things I value about my friendship with the 'mit but one of the most important is his ability to help you see situations clearly and de-neuroticize the choices you have to make. Then we went to Kitchen Stuff Plus and passed judgement on the worth of various gadgets. Good times.
Today I made GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY with half of my green tomatos. The recipe is from the old version of the Joy of Cooking (early 60s):
GREEN TOMATO (OR APPLE) CHUTNEY
>Please read up about safe canning and preserves before you poison someone.
Simmer until the fruit is tender:
Put chutney in sterile jars and seal them.
MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Good weekend so far. Yesterday, we finally started putting things up on the wall in the renovated 2nd floor including an awesome Indonesian knick-knacky kind of shelf from a garage sale which now holds three sea shells and a trippy Alice in Wonderland magnifying clock from another garage sale. In the bedroom, we've put up the enormous beautiful Chinese fan with painted storks bought at a third garage sale. Do you sense a pattern?
Then I got together for the first time in months with
snowmit who is incredible fun to hang out with. He helped me pick out a good PS2 game for my nephew's birthday today and then we had excellent Indian food and talked about how we're handling this thing called life. There are many things I value about my friendship with the 'mit but one of the most important is his ability to help you see situations clearly and de-neuroticize the choices you have to make. Then we went to Kitchen Stuff Plus and passed judgement on the worth of various gadgets. Good times.Today I made GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY with half of my green tomatos. The recipe is from the old version of the Joy of Cooking (early 60s):
GREEN TOMATO (OR APPLE) CHUTNEY
>Please read up about safe canning and preserves before you poison someone.
Simmer until the fruit is tender:
- 1 seeded chopped lemon
- 1 skinned chopped garlic clove (I used 2)
- 5 cups firm peeled chopped apples or green tomatos
- 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups seeded raisins
- 3 oz. chopped crystallized ginger, or 3/4 cup fresh ginger root (I used 1/2 cup grated fresh)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (I used nearly a tsp)
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- Optional (but I did it): 2 chopped red peppers, seeds and membranes removed
Put chutney in sterile jars and seal them.
MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
