# So, for the first time in my life I will try Major Grey's Chutney **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 21, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391 "2021-12-21T01:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391/1 "2021-12-21T01:16:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391/2 "2021-12-21T01:23:35Z")
Super Weird Combination: Major Grey’s on Cool Ranch Doritos. Honest, everybody who was in on the creation of that combo was sober and “normal.” It just _works_. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391/3 "2021-12-21T01:25:05Z")
I’m not familiar with that brand, but it’s a tasty topping if you find yourself with a piece of cheap salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391/4 "2021-12-21T13:31:34Z")
Reading this thread made me go and look up what this is, and what the US/N American idea of chutney is. This seems to be a mango chutney, so of Indian sub-continent heritage. Mango chutney does tend to be more jelly/sauce like compared to some other Indian style chutneys or indeed British style chutneys which are generally a bit more chunky, with a combination of fruit and vegetables, and spices (which sounds more like what your mother used to make?). Mango chutney though - great on a baked potato with cheese. 😃 OB ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391/5 "2021-12-21T14:17:48Z")
Mango chutney is great on samosas. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391/6 "2021-12-21T17:49:16Z")
I like to glue together really sharp cheddar and sliced apples with Major Grey Chutney. Makes a nice nibbly snack that isn’t too unhealthy