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Previously on "Chutney time!"

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    I was alarmed to discover that the last pot of the late Strangelove Mater's chutney had made a valiant attempt to eat its way through the lid of the jar & escape.

    I took pity on it & consigned it to the compost heap where it's eaten lots & lots of nice things.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post

    You want to throw some crabs in too for tannin
    How do you get the shell out?

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  • mattster
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    You're lucky - lost all ours to blight.
    All of ours got early blight (which is less lethal than the full blown variety), but I have managed to save them - still producing, but not as well as they would be. It has been a horrendous year for them though, it was the wet July that did it I think. My dad lost all his to blight over a couple of days, as did a neighbour. Even worse, now I seem to have a fairly bad brown rot infestation in the apple tree.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    You can blend cookers & eaters to make cider. Won't be as good as Dabinett, etc, but will give you a reasonable output.
    You want to throw some crabs in too for tannin (though you can use teabags) but we currently don't have any eating apples. We inherited 5 Bramleys when we moved here and have planted 3 or 4 different eaters, a crab and two single-variety ciders but they haven't taken off yet except for the crab.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    the wonderful tree we have in the middle of the back garden is well over 100 years old and the other one not much younger.
    Could be an interesting old heritage variety then... there's an old community orchard round here that has similar.

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  • Sue B
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    You're lucky - lost all ours to blight.
    me too, for second year running. In previous years have got around 10 jars of autumn chutney, mixing cooking apples from our neighbours trees (i only have eating apples) with our own tomatoes, but will be lucky to get a side dish for two out of this years harvest.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post

    We only have cookers and crabs so my cider press sits covered in spiders. Planted some cider varieties but they are slow growers.
    A local landlord has started cider-making so likewise we may be donating apples.
    You can blend cookers & eaters to make cider. Won't be as good as Dabinett, etc, but will give you a reasonable output.

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Are all the ingredients home-grown? If so, what varieties?
    Not the onion and I have no idea what the apples are. The small close we live in was built in an orchard (this part of Nottinghamshire was known for its apples and cider but that history has been lost) and the wonderful tree we have in the middle of the back garden is well over 100 years old and the other one not much younger.

    Sadly ours are the only apple trees remaining in the close and I suspect that they will go too once we leave the property.

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  • Gibbon
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post

    12 cooking apples and 1 onion produced 4 300ml jars.
    Bet that goes great with wensleydale (Hawes only please) and Christmas cake.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    Apple Chilli chutney this year. I always worry about the solid to liquid ratio but it always works out in the end.
    That sometimes happens if you eat too much home-made chutney...

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  • d000hg
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    Are all the ingredients home-grown? If so, what varieties?

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post

    Nice! I hope to be joining you in a couple of years, planted some fruit trees this year but will take a year or two to fruit (apple, pear, plum and cherry).

    Are the apples eaters or bakers?

    Oh, what to you store it in, and if jars, how do you get enough?
    12 cooking apples and 1 onion produced 4 300ml jars.

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    I always worry about the solid to liquid ratio
    You're either eating too much of it or the chilli's are too strong

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    We did some plum chutney a few weeks ago with the mirabelles. Turned out rather fine.

    Giving away apples currently, while contemplating getting the cider press out.
    We only have cookers and crabs so my cider press sits covered in spiders. Planted some cider varieties but they are slow growers.
    A local landlord has started cider-making so likewise we may be donating apples.

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  • quackhandle
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    https://9gag.com/gag/amB4WP6

    qh

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