In other news...

[ksmith]

...the blasted rain stopped earlier this afternoon. Supposed to be sunny for the next three days. I'm taking tomorrow and Monday off, so, 4-day weekend. Got the groceries shopped tonight. Laundered muddy dog towels. The excitement never stops.

Question--is mango chutney supposed to be a little salty, or just sweet? I had tried some Stonewall Kitchens stuff, and it was very good, I thought--wonderful on a turkey sandwich--but sweet. Bought some Major Grey's today, the Crosse and Blackwell brand--and found it to be salty/sweet. Which is the traditional?

Comments

[technomage.livejournal.com]

I've alwasys thought of Major Grey's as the traditional one... but it is less pungent than what I get from our local nationally-known Uduppi Palace. The straight sweet chutney's tend to be an Americanism in my experience... it should not resemble jam.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The C&B version was sweet...until I bit down on something salty that might have been a piece of garlic. Definitely not pungent. Truth be told, I preferred the Stonewall Kitchens version, if only because the mango had more flavor.

[(Anonymous)]

I had thought Major Grey's was the standard, too. I personally like it better than the Americanized one.

I made a mango chutney and canned it last year, and IIRC the blurb about it said that Indian foods tend to have all the major flavors: sweet, salty, tangy/sour, bitter, and hot. The recipe I followed certainly did! Also made/canned a lemon chutney that is fairly salty, and a green tomato chutney that was to die for. Hubby doesn't like it, but it used up the last of the green tomatoes nicely late last summer.

Jody in PA

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I am not crazy about the C&B stuff. I may ask for your recipes later in the summer, when I will hopefully have 1) tomatoes and 2) time.