Chutney Blog

Take plums, not too ripe: A big bendy squash (this one’s a Tromba di Albenga): Small onions, stunted by the shade of a cherry tree: A selection of spices (looking disproportionately large) and some muslin or cheesecloth: Now, chop up the fruit and vegetables, put all the ingredients into a pan and — chutney! This [...]

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Spring Changes

Busy times. Suddenly there’s a month of work and photos to show, with ample proof of the arrival of spring. The last post ended with Jerusalem artichokes going into the ground. One has made its first appearance out of it, photo taken on 18 April: The rhubarb on 29 March, in a bed infested with [...]

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Tromba di Albenga/10,000 Hits

Looking for a photo of the Tromba di Albenga squash on Google, I was surprised to see C&F come top in the search results. Closer inspection revealed this was because I had misspelt it as ‘Tromba di Albegna’. Anyway, I now have a photograph of my own curly Italian squash: There are more photos of [...]

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