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Friday 22 January 2010

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Gosh another week has just flown by it's been
a great week we had visitors over the w/e...
with Border Girl staying a few nights but working
during the day... Plus we also had my Bridesmaid
& her man visiting too...
As you can imagine lots of talking, laughing &

pleasant memories revived & of course lots of
eating as well...
Look what we did a few weeks ago...
When the family came at Christmas they brought

lots of beautiful mangos, green, so once we had
recovered from their visits we got in & made
mango chutney...
yummm... but we had soo many mangos it was

one hellva big job... thank goodness My Man
helped me or I'd still be peeling & cutting up....
Peeling & cutting up green mangos puts a weird

feeling film over your hands... takes a fair bit of
scrubbing to get it all off...
bit like cutting up chockos...

Table ready, out on the verandah...

Suitable basket found...

Extra ingredients bought &

at the ready...

Now for the mangos... I said we had a lot... ha ha
a whole wheelbarrow full sitting in the cool of the shed...

Filled the basket... Darn too heavy for me to carry...

Never mind I used the roll-a-round stool
that sorted out that small problem...

Everything at the ready... cutting mat...
plastic table cloth for the mess... buckets
for peels & stones... big pot... sharp knife...
Opps... forgot an important item...

In this heat I need the old fan...

OK let's get started...

That basket doesn't seem to be going down much
so My Man he got in & peeled while I cut up...
took us several hours...

We ended up with a full pot of mangos alone...
I still had to add the other ingredients...
ummmm... so it took a long time to cook & we
were too tired to take photos but this was the
end result...

Our cupboard is full again of yummy mango chutney...
this should last us, which includes family & friends,
a couple of years...

Looks so yummy & it is...
We ended up with 19litres of chutney which went
into 55 different assorted collected bottles -
that My Man prepares for me - plus 3/4 of a 1 litre
yoghurt tub that we are eating now...
Job well done...
we were very pleased with our effort & should
you call around we could give you a bottle to try...
Now it's back to crocheting...
Angel Messages...
Your tenderness is the warmth of a spring sun.
Your tenderness is the fragrance of a flower
blooming in the desert.

2 comments:

Mrs Twins said...

Oh Bethel
You have been busy there! Very organised I must say. Oh yea, I'll catch the next plane and come and try a jar of your chutney. Shall I book the ticket? :) (I am joking....you wouldn't get me on a plane, no way!!!!)
Have a good weekend,
Hugs and Love Suex
P.S. Don't eat it all at once!!

CreativSpirit said...

Yummmmmm.....I can almost taste it.