Walking through the store and for the 12356th time it caught my eye. But this time I decided to actually buy a bottle and see what it is like(Crosse and Blackwell).
My mom used to make Chutney when I was a kid, not that it was in anyway part of her cultural heritage. I think much of it was an experimental nature my mom had in those days, combined with a WWII growing up sense of frugality. My imperfect recollection is that she mostly used fruits that were about to go off, but had no where near enough for a batch of jelly. Those stewed with various spices that she felt like that batch. But the supply vastly outweighed the usage, so that I was getting it in care packages in College, after a storage period that I’m sure any food-scientist today would say was way past safe-to-eat for home canning.
I really got out of the habit of having chutney available at all for the last couple decades, not real reason why, I guess because it wasn’t there in the Fridge and cupboard.
But Today I decided to see what this stuff on the store shelf all these years is like. I have to say, visually not promising. Looks like a “jelly” to the picture of “preserves” I think of as Chutney. Unfortunately I decided I would give it a fair test by doing the my old favorite way of using my mom’s. Which was on scrambled eggs. But I forgot to buy the damn eggs :(. So on my self it will sit for a bit longer.