AS I said earlier, I like chutney & recently made some!

I'd bought a bottle from a fund-raising stall & wanted more, so looked up the recipe in my old Commonsense Cookery Book (the bible of generations of school students, first published 1914 by the Home Economics Teachers Association & still selling!)

That recipe was too complicated & besides I didn't have the most of the ingredients, but on the same page was a recipe for Date Chutney - sooo easy & I just needed one item.

So I made my version of Date Chutney.

One pound of dates, chopped finely
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon dry mustard
1 tablespoon ground ginger (omitted cos I can't stand ginger)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup boiling water
1 cup vinegar.

Boil all ingredients together for 5 mins. Pour into warm jars. Seal when cool.

(I used a large jar, which I hadn't sterilized, so I put it straight into the fridge.)

So far I've used it to flavour my normal evening meal (soupy stew = lots of vegs & meat etc boiled & flavoured) or on chick pea & lentil burgers, roast chicken, instead of butter in a sandwich, licked the spoon ...

sandra