{"id":12976,"date":"2013-05-28T16:42:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T22:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=12976"},"modified":"2013-05-28T16:47:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T22:47:38","slug":"rhubarb-chutney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2013\/05\/rhubarb-chutney\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhubarb Chutney"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve lived in the north Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana for 19 1\/2 years. This past Memorial Day weekend was only the third that had sunshine and OMG! – there was sun ALL THREE DAYS!! <\/p>\n

And the temperature was in my personal range of perfection: mid-60’s.<\/p>\n

Bear, Bob and I enjoyed being outside a good part of all three days. I puttered about doing some yard chores, potting my herbs, cleaning the Jeep, cleaning Wild Thing (motorhome), some minor maintenance chores on both vehicles – all alternating with sitting on the front porch with a cup of coffee, tea or glass of wine.<\/p>\n

It was mah-ve-lous!! <\/p>\n

It was SO marvelous that I’m thinking of taking the entire 4th of July week – or at least the 4th and 5th – off to do a similar amount of nearly nothing.<\/p>\n

But, I digress.<\/p>\n

Monday morning, I picked rhubarb. I ended up with slightly less than a cup after cleaning and chopping.<\/p>\n

I searched recipes with rhubarb and settled on a chutney which I adapted to the following:<\/p>\n

1 cup rhubarb
\n3\/4 cup chopped sweet onion
\n1\/4 cup currants
\n3\/4 cup dark brown sugar
\n1\/2 cup apple cider vinegar
\n1\/2 tsp salt
\n1\/4 tsp cinnamon
\n1\/4 tsp ginger
\n1\/8 tsp cloves<\/p>\n

Combine all, boil and then simmer until thickened – stirring frequently. SO easy and my house smelled wonderful.<\/p>\n

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A side note about some chalkboard labels and stakes. I first found the garden stakes: ceramic with a chalkboard glaze – so much fun for the herb pots! Those have been working so when I noticed the labels and wine charms, I bought a quantity of those also. The labels are particularly useful in that I can date items and have my own private “use by” date system. Much better than the sniff and guess method. Both items were found on Etsy.<\/p>\n

Onward.<\/p>\n

I intended to make a stir fry to test the chutney but ended making a pizza topped with thin sliced mozzerella, carmelized sweet onion and some grilled chicken. I added some goat cheese and the chutney after the pizza was ready.<\/p>\n

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Oh boy – that worked.<\/p>\n

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A perfect blend of savory-sweet-tangy-hot-cool goodness.<\/p>\n

I should get another similar harvest from my little rhubarb patch and another batch of this chutney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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