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Nudged

That threw me for a mo, Sharron, seeing some names, till I realised the original posting date!

The recipe sounds rather tasty!

Lizxx

Nudge

The recipe says margarine and the fat plays such a minimal role in the recipe that I would think there would be no problem substituting something like Flora or even leaving the fat out completely.

I just use butter because that is what I have apart from the rough old stuff I use for pastry.

Ever tried an oil instead of butter? (I'm asking, not suggesting!) sounds like a recipe my vegan daughter would like

Just added a post and it has disappeared into the wide blue yonder :-S

I only said I wish I had seen this earlier as I have just turned all my green tomatoes into chutney. I like the sound of it as ordinary mincemeat is a bit too sweet for my taste. Never mind I'll keep the recipe for next year. Thanks Sharron :-D

Just cut up 5lb of green tomatoes so I thought I would just put this up again in case anybody else wants to make it.

I can't believe how kind I was to Fred. He was allowed to do them in the food processor but I have just cut all mine up by hand.

Somebody has asked me for this.

It is not like chutney. It is like a sweet mincemeat without the horrible greasy part and it is a bit lighter.

Several people have confused it with chutney and I can understand why but it is not sharp and is too sweet to use with cheese.

It matures to become similar to ordinary mincemeat but when it is newly made it is wonderful on toast, fruity and juicy.

Getting the green toms is the hard part. They are usually the ones left at the end of the season when there is not enough sun to ripen the last fruit.

It must be one of those recipes devised to use up that fruit.

that sounds nice, neither of us like the "fruit" mince pies in the shops :-(

Himself doesn't like chutney, but I do, so I might make half the recipe.

I'll have to pick green tomatoes, I've never seen them in the shops.

Sorry Rollo,I don't understand. That is some sort of film review isn't it?

:-D Thank you

Thank you Sharron.

Nudged for seasonal reasons.

Best not to start that actually.You may not have any left come Christmas.

OK thanks, you spreading it on toast confused me then!!

No,it is mince pie stuff. It is much better than standard mincemeat. It is juicy and succulent and has hardly any fat in it.

I gave our mate a jar and the pillock thought it was chutney.He thought his cheese sandwich was a bit funny.

Presumably it is also eaten as a chutney? The mincemeat title is confusing me though.

Yes two and a half pounds of green tomatoes.

I don't really know how much it makes but it is quite a lot.

Does five or six pounds seem about right?

You need to make quite a lot because it is ever so yummy on toast.

Is that 40 ounces of green tomatoes? (i.e.2pounds 8 ounces?)

How many pounds does it make roughly Sharron?