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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.