A Picked Harvest

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. - Ambrose Bierce

Having harvested our unexpected glut of runner beans and cucumbers this afternoon we poured over cookery books and t'internet for trusty recipes to preserve them....

Spiced Runner Bean Chutney (courtesy of Delia) and Pickled Cucumber (Mary Berry) and once we yield 3kg of tomatoes there will be an Apple, Sultana and Green Tomato chutney to follow....

The plan was to start chopping, simmering, spicing and pickling this evening but afriad I got absorbed with all this Blipping and well, (should I admit this?) X-Factor and a chilled bottle of vino.... the 3 day detox begins Monday so perhaps that would be a good time to make such earthly things! Until then, the tidy pile will reside in the kitchen awaiting TLC...