Monday 12 July 2010
Early on Wednesday morning Gordon and I are off to Spain to stay with friends like we did last year. Typical! Gordon took his first holiday in twenty years last year and already he wants another one – he must be getting old (aren’t we all?). This will be my second absence of the year as I went to New York in May, but not my last as I’m off to Portugal in September (like I did last year).
The garden has perversely decided this week to grow everything and have it ready NOW. Of course by the time we get back it’ll either be gone to seed, eaten by caterpillars or grown to enormous proportions, especially the courgettes which are a fairly impressive vegetable to grow it has to be said. Last year they were gigantic and they look like going the same way again, so there’ll be more courgette chutney-making when we get back. After all the sniggering and sly comments last year about how we’d never eat that much courgette chutney we have a few precious jars left and we’re saving them for a special occasion. In total I made about fifty pounds of the stuff, but it was delicious and became far more than an accompaniment to a meal and more like another vegetable. I did explain to Gordon that chutney doesn’t count as one of his five-a-day, but he’s delighted at the prospect of more.
If I don’t have a chance to write again before I leave (I have yet to pack and you know how traumatic that can be, especially for me), I’ll be back after the 22nd.
You both have a great holiday.
Can I have the Chutney recipe when you get back?
Julie xxxxxxxxx
Thanks Julie. I’ll sort that out on my return.
Hello Jackie,
I’ve enjoyed following your Blog for the past 18 months or so, and what finally brought me out of the woodwork was your mention of your courgette chutney. My wife and I and 2 kids live on a beef/fat lamb/crop farm in Victoria, Aust. so I particularly enjoy your more farm orientated blog entries.
About the only thing we are good at growing in the garden is courgettes (or zucchinis as we know them) so if we could please have a copy of your recipe it would be a great help in overcoming the yearly surplus! Needless to say, we’re not great gardeners!
I also have cousins in England, mainly in Birmingham and Norwich.
Hope to hear from you. Regards Dan.P.S. Hope your holiday was great.
Hi Dan and thanks for introducing yourself. I intend to make chutney on Sunday if I have the chance and will post the recipe then. In the meantime, lots of catching up to do!