Chutney makers?

Lemon juice and olive oil plus a bit of sugar and salt to make a scrub might work. I use it for most things.

This is a very old thread but very relevant to us now in jam and chutney season..

With chutney I now put the cellophane jam covers over the filled bottle before putting the lid on. I think it helps a bit but the acidic vapours still get through.

I am looking for some more lids but my collection of clean used jam jars are all different sizes. Do you measure the diameter of the jar lid or the rim of the jar?

Now, I'm just the opposite. I love ,aking chutney but jam making is downright scary! Its so hot! Of course, we love homemade jam so I buy it from church fetes and Christmas bazaars. I swear by Margeurite Patten recipes for chutney. I will look and see if they are online somewhere. The National Trust has some good preseves recipes too.

The really amusing thing jangly is that my chutney is politely tried, but rarely is a jar finished. I can never make enough jam for everyone, but the chutney is never relished. (Non-deliberate pun!)
Maybe I should just give up on making chutney.....unless of course you have any delicious and fool proof recipes?

BTW. I'm not advocating re-using lids where the vinegar has eaten away the plasticized lining of the lid. You definitely don't want the metal of the lid coming in contact with the chutney. If the plastic lining is ok, then that's fine.

I know it's daft, but I just don't like re-using vinegary lids. Re-using chutney jars for jam is ok as the glass doesn't retain the smell and they're pristine after a turn in the dishwasher. On the subject of vinegary lids, the lids from jars of pickled beetroot wash perfectly and no smell left. Why I wonder?
Thanks for the tip about Lakeland lids......
I recently obtained a big box of marmalade jars/lids from Freecycle so I'm ready for the summer and autumn jamming!

The last lot of Lakeland lids I bought didn't fit any of my jars. So many jars seem to be non-standard these days.

Couldn't you just keep the vinegary smelling lids for the next lot of chutney? Then use separate ones for jam. I don't think you can use the jar itself that's had chutney in it for jam.

FTAO Christabel, ref your apple chutney recipe, you made a typo mistake in quantity of tomatoes, should it be 2lbs, when you log on if you see this perhaps you could clarify, have a nice day, wow its HOT.
and thanks.

I know what you mean......

Thanks lucid....will probably go down the Lakeland route. Only thing is, once I log on to their site it will be very difficult to just buy jam jar lids.

I always cover the jar with some cling film....doesn't always work though. You can buy new lids from Lakeland.www.lakeland.co.uk