On Friday, OH overdid it at the supermarket reduced for clearance counter - he bought sharon fruit, papaya and star fruit to add to the mountains! of other fruit bought last week: kiwi fruit; apples; pears; (water)melons; mangoes; plums; peaches; apricots… Its a messy job peeling the fruits. Anyway, the papaya and mango look good. Halved peaches and plums join pears in looking bizarre when dried.
In the garden, last night after a rare! sunny day this summer, redcurrants (still loads left plus a late variety starting to ripen too) and gooseberries were picked (poor hubby). Currently planning to make gooseberry jam, redcurrant jam (again!) and a gooseberry and redcurrant jelly. The latter is simmering as I type. The gooseberry recipes are from a book I bought through Amazon - The Basic Basics - Jams, Preserves and Chutneys Handbook by Marguerite Patten.
These may sound like silly questions:
- What would be served with gooseberry (and redcurrant) jelly?
- The jellies may be bases for sauces -what would they be poured over?
- Another gooseberry recipe I like the sound of is a chutney with sultanas and onions - what would that go with?
- Chutneys in general - what do you use them with?
I welcome any comments with answers to the above questions.
Spoke to my mother today. Friday, she said to herself that the redcurrants looked good in her garden - the bushes were loaded. Saturday, she went down the garden and discovered that they had all gone! What remained was the strings. It isn’t convenient for her to put a fruit cage up. In past years, she has draped netting over but still the birdies get their pudding. We had netting up here in past years but a neighbour’s cat got through so the birds also discovered the holes so now the netting has been removed. This year, although the birds (mainly a family of blackbirds that like our garden) have had a few, there are still a lot left.
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