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By Puffin

Pickle or Chutney??

We get through lot of chutney in our house so you can imagine my dismay when I discovered we’d just finished the last jar of my rhubarb and date chutney.  I’ve made a load more as you can see here but, you will be asking, why the Branston?

When MrP went off to replenish the empty larder, I asked him to buy a jar of Branston to keep us going until my chutney has matured - at least a month!
He comes back and says- “this Branston says it’s a Pickle- what is the difference between chutney and pickle?”
Good question.  I like pickled cucumbers and piccalilli. I'm not a fan of  pickled onions or  pickled red cabbage but the Branston  - it says on the jar -  The Original  Pickle.
I think chutney is more like jam with the fruit and/or veg cooked in vinegar and sugar so it's not as tart as a pickle.  My chutney that you can see here,  has 400g of sugar to 300ml of vinegar.  So, is Branston a chutney or a pickle?  It’s quite sweet, I think it's chutney despite what it says on the jar.  What do you think?

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