Finally getting around to that chutney....

I got out the jars and everything at the beginning of the week, but every evening I was too tired, so it was Friday already when I finally got the rhubarb-mango chutney together. Love the aroma of vinegar and spices in the house! You can look online for a recipe that appeals to you or simply make up your own. Chutney, I've found, is very forgiving. And if anyone in Northport needs mustard seeds, let me know. Somehow I managed to accumulate three containers so am more than willing to send two of them to new homes.

 

One Day, Three Projects

The freezer compartment of the refrigerator was filling up. Rhubarb had gone in first, followed by strawberries, both of those in June. Later months brought an abundance of black raspberries. (Black raspberries + strawberries = PJ’s blackstraw jam.) And while fruits were still awaiting disposition into jars, along came sweet corn season. The time had arrived! What better day than Labor Day to do the work?