Back to bloggin' ...fig chutney

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness... not quite at Autumn yet.. but we appear to have had the 'fortnight of pain' hoffentlich...a curious German/Deutsch word which means more than hopefully
So we love this season...late summer..beautifully 30+ for some days this week then mid 20s. But looks like weeks of 40 s are gone.
So amidst all this there is the mellow fruitfulness of the late fruit harvest,
Chief amongst these are the figs. The gentle succulent fruit, which fits the SA climate because we are Mediterranean.

I picked a bag and a half from the youngest S Clark's tree yesterday....and will be back to pick more tomorrow!!....I suppose we enjoyed eating half of them. I just think they are so gentle and beautiful, and your insides feel good when you eat figs.
Any way what do you do with them when they ripen so quickly and need to be dealt with, otherwise they are wasted.
So I have made some fig and tomato chutney this afternoon.
Simple ingredients of tomatoes, figs, brown sugar, serious vinegar (viz brown,caramelised, balsamic...and I used a bit of guava. Serious amounts a garlic...we Australians are like that...and onion. A cinammon stick really lifts the flavour...and ginger ( pickled or fresh.. or both), mustard seeds and coriander. I will also add fresh basil.
I think the figs just receive the blessing of companion foods.
I am resisting the temptation to add chili...maybe tomorrow's iteration.

God bless the season of mists and figly fruitfulness

low the way is low

Haven't blogged on this blog for a long time, but mean to start soon...indeed now!
I realised a long time ago, as I watched other bloggers, that daily blogging requires energy and commitment.  And I think I have lacked the energy for the last two or three months. This is partly to do with adjustment of medications (a consequence of getting older being that the number of tablets increases)....and sometimes I have just felt exhausted or flat.
I love Robin Mann's song "The way is low!"...it's been rather like that. Both the low road and the seduction to the way of glory.
So I will try and do better.

I feel great today. Autumn weather in Adelaide is just amazing. Balmy days and lovely cool nights.