Thank you Val!

I've just put up six jars of Blackberry and Apple jam and two jars of Mirabel plum jam from the recipe book - very successful and so easy. Now, what else can I cook?

Vals green tom chutney.   Flamin' delicious!

Ive decided that Val HAS to make lots of her chunky marmalade next year so I can I pretty please place a special order next year.  Please?  Absolute heaven with lurpack on warm toast and a cup of tea.

You know I need the energy for a while And I dont grow fruit (or much veg come to that!)

Definitely a bit thank you! Have so far made Val's hot aubergine chutney and her plum jam. Absolutely delicious, and practically free - all produce grown by moi, and I have a colleague at work who part owns a jam and chutney making business. It is cheaper for them to chuck out their used jars, than pay someone to clean and de-label each one. Scandalous really, but at least they go the recylcing route. However, I have intercepted a fair few jars free of charge. (and have received more recipe tips!)

Definitely a bit thank you! Have so far made Val's hot aubergine chutney and her plum jam. Absolutely delicious........

Sorry - picked up on this thread from ages ago when I did a search for aubergine chutney.

I am just in the process of making Val's aubergine chutney. The recipe says to slice, salt, rinse and drain the aubergines but doesn't say anything about cutting them up into smaller chunks.

Is this necessary? The slices seem awfully big and the amount of liquid awfully small for so much veg..... 

At the moment it's all simmering on the hob.

Have I mucked it up???

In the end I added another 350ml of vinegar and 175g sugar and carried on.

I think I would have just added water if I hadn't read Val's intro about keeping up the sugar and acid content in order to maintain the preservative effect. So that was really valuable.

Anyway - it eventually mulched down into a lovely oozy chutney but you can still identify bits of onion, aubergine peel and the like.

I'm very happy with it