The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

DigForVictory wrote: »

Er, apologies to BBC for cut & pasting wholesale



I think the major selling point is that you can do it over two sessions, but the chaps assure me that the great big chunks of mango are a bonus too. (It can be fiddly slicing a fresh mango, so I just use a very sharp knife, peel the mango & slice chunks off til I hit the stone, chuck that on top of the peel, rinse the knife & start in on the next mango.)

...or you can cheat and pick up the packs of chopped mango when they're reduced to clear in the supermarket, whichever is cheaper at the time.

I liked pineapple chutney the best - I got a jar from an Indian grocery store - but it was a fairly standard brand (Geeta's, I think) - it had some additional spices in it, whole coriander, cardamom and cumin, IIRC, but tasted sweet and sour and spiced, rather than just the almost overwhelming sweetness that mango chutney seems to have. It would be made pretty much the same way, though.

Reduced to clear whole pineapples, preprepared or frozen (which I've seen in the supermarket recently), would all do the job.


Which reminds me - I must get around to doing another big frozen/cheap and able to be frozen fruit & veg shop (and open freeze some peach/nectarine slices, as they are better for blitzing or cooking with than when in tins)

I have several jars of h/m mango chutney probably c. 2016 and still tasting fine, but I also have a fresh pineapple, so all ears for a chutney recipe! In looking through my preps and preserves today I think I could survive for months but I guess that would probably include some very odd menu combinations indeed. I have also found recently it's possible to ferment pineapple rind, which will make a sort of pickle. One can also cook banana skins in a meatball type dish and actually it looked quite interesting and not at all sweet.

silvasava wrote: »

JoJo - my mum used to make Pineapple Chutney -very tasty with turmeric in it. If you're interested I'll hook out the recipe

Yes, please!

Thank you, silvasava, energy levels permitting I'll give that a go tomorrow!