[Madame Cholet]

Sit down an tell counsellor Rachel all about it

I aint sharing my issues once i start i'll need the men with the white jacket. 

[Sparkyrog]

You think we don't know that 

[Mrs Bee]

Sometimes the liquid in the fruit and veg varies Sparky and it can take longer than it should, especially if you increase the recipe.  I find if I increase the recipe the texture is quite soft because of the increased cooking time.
At the moment if I increase the cooking time  I give a fast boil at the beginning it seems to stop this happening.

A fast boil at the beginning of making chutney if I want the fruit and veg to stay chunky, or a fast boil at the end to hurry things along.

It is quite scary to work out how many years we have been making preserves isn't it.  :ohmy:42 years ago I started and it is still as satisfying to see the filled finished jars on the table.

[Beetroot Queen]

Sometimes the liquid in the fruit and veg varies Sparky and it can take longer than it should, especially if you increase the recipe.  I find if I increase the recipe the texture is quite soft because of the increased cooking time.
At the moment if I increase the cooking time  I give a fast boil at the beginning it seems to stop this happening.

A fast boil at the beginning of making chutney if I want the fruit and veg to stay chunky, or a fast boil at the end to hurry things along.

It is quite scary to work out how many years we have been making preserves isn't it.  :ohmy:42 years ago I started and it is still as satisfying to see the filled finished jars on the table.

Thats more years than i have been alive lol i wonder if one day i will be able to say the same

[Mrs Bee]

I did say it was scary

[Sparkyrog]

Sometimes the liquid in the fruit and veg varies Sparky and it can take longer than it should, especially if you increase the recipe.  I find if I increase the recipe the texture is quite soft because of the increased cooking time.
At the moment if I increase the cooking time  I give a fast boil at the beginning it seems to stop this happening.

A fast boil at the beginning of making chutney if I want the fruit and veg to stay chunky, or a fast boil at the end to hurry things along.

It is quite scary to work out how many years we have been making preserves isn't it.  :ohmy:42 years ago I started and it is still as satisfying to see the filled finished jars on the table.

35 for me