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Liberating Pickles

10/7/2014

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When we go a-visiting Anne always packs a selection of her preserves as presents - whether people want them or not. I usually have a moan before we leave home along the lines of: "No, you can't take that, it's the last jar of beetroot chutney, that's not on, take them one of the bloody jars of orange marmalade."

So this week, on a visit to a friend, having handed over my last jar of something smechlich, I do a spot-search of the kitchen and what do I find? A half-eaten jar of last year's beetroot chutney, and a jar of chilli and coriander jam from the year before that. UNOPENED.

Friends, these poor orphans came back to Shifnal with us. Rescue-chutneys re-homed somewhere they'll be appreciated. I did this with a heavy heart and as a last resort. Pour encourager les autres. Heed the call. Use it or lose it. 






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