Went for some retail therapy Tuesday and found a whole shiteload of South
African products being stocked in one of my butchers shops. They even had
Braai seasoning, and Braai salt!!

So we picked up a couple of bottles of Mrs HS Balls chutneys.

Just had some of the original on a rye sourdough and roast pork sandwich.

It's a very different taste to what we are used to in a chutney. Rather
smooth going in, but then leaves a tingle on the sides of the tongue!!

We also have a bottle of the tomato chutney, but I'll leave that to the SO
to open and taste, as she picked it.


Peter
in Brisbane
Australia

PeterL(aptop) wrote:

> Went for some retail therapy Tuesday and found a whole shiteload of
> South African products being stocked in one of my butchers shops. They
> even had Braai seasoning, and Braai salt!!

Kewl. Which brand(s)? Dunno how you feel about (added) MSG, but I'd
advise you to read the labels first <g>

>
> So we picked up a couple of bottles of Mrs HS Balls chutneys.

We like it too. Do try the Mrs Ball's peach chutney if they have it.
Great for adding to chicken marinades and/or with certain curries.

>
> Just had some of the original on a rye sourdough and roast pork
> sandwich.
>
> It's a very different taste to what we are used to in a chutney.
> Rather smooth going in, but then leaves a tingle on the sides of the
> tongue!!

Hope you liked it. ;-)

>
> We also have a bottle of the tomato chutney, but I'll leave that to
> the SO to open and taste, as she picked it.

Not too shabby either, but I prefer the 'original Hot' Mrs B's chutney.
Oh - I like the mango chutney too. YMMV of course.

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On 2010-04-28 23:24:02 -0700, ChattyCathy said:

>> So we picked up a couple of bottles of Mrs HS Balls chutneys.
>
> We like it too. Do try the Mrs Ball's peach chutney if they have it.
> Great for adding to chicken marinades and/or with certain curries.

Amazing. Whenever I learn a new word, it seems everybody starts using it.

Last week we discovered this mega-supermarket in Irvine, CA,
owned/operated/frequented by the local Persian community. But there are
extravagantly unique things there. When we were checking out with our
plunder, there by the mints, candy bars and magazines someone had a
change of heart: There was an abandoned bottle of Mrs Ball's
chuney--I'm not positive, but believe it might have been peach. I came
within a whisker of buying it, but did not.

I was particularly struck with the fact that it was South African.
--
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly
find fault with, you will not do much. -- Lewis Carroll

gtr wrote:

> On 2010-04-28 23:24:02 -0700, ChattyCathy said:
>
>>> So we picked up a couple of bottles of Mrs HS Balls chutneys.
>>
>> We like it too. Do try the Mrs Ball's peach chutney if they have it.
>> Great for adding to chicken marinades and/or with certain curries.
>
> Amazing. Whenever I learn a new word, it seems everybody starts using
> it.
>
> Last week we discovered this mega-supermarket in Irvine, CA,
> owned/operated/frequented by the local Persian community. But there
> are extravagantly unique things there. When we were checking out with
> our plunder, there by the mints, candy bars and magazines someone had
> a change of heart: There was an abandoned bottle of Mrs Ball's
> chuney--I'm not positive, but believe it might have been peach. I came
> within a whisker of buying it, but did not.


As the range of Mrs Ball's chutneys are produced locally here in South
Africa they're relatively inexpensive to buy for the average Joe
Citizen - however, it wouldn't surprise me if they charge a lot more
for said range elsewhere in the world because it's "imported"... so it
might have been a waste of money if it turned out you and yours didn't
like it. Depends how much you are willing to spend to try
something 'different' (and whether you're into making homemade
chutneys/preserves yourself), I suppose.

>
> I was particularly struck with the fact that it was South African.

South Africa does make quite a few decent food products for local
consumption and/or export - as well as a bunch of other non-food
related stuff. But if you enjoy a good glass of wine now and again, the
range available here is not too shabby either - and of course they
always export the 'best' wines, etc. And yes, I admit I am a tad
biased. ;-)

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy