[CH] Tepin News/Mango Chutney/Rant

Lukasz Speer (radomvis35@midcoast.com.au)
Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:37:21 +1000

Hi Pods,
	  News from the deeper south.
Sorry to all as I have not had much time in the last year to post 
to the list.Getting to my emails once a fortnight if i'm lucky.

My Tepin has had Babies and is still flowering and setting fruit?
this is a big bonus as I have already harvested about 800 tepin chiles so far this year 
from the one 
plant.
The Plant is only 36cm tall 52 cm X 74 cm wide, Merkins and the unmetricated can probably 
find a 
conversion site quicker than I can as I am typing this off line, I have possibly another 
200+ fruit set already.

Last Year was exceptionally dry in Australia We were in a Drought nationwide, Severe 
water shortages in the Eastern States. I only mowed my lawn once from Late october to Mid 
January, 
And being a Painter I was allowed to wash my tools at home (Commercial exemptions 
applied) - 
Needless to say I took a long time to wash my tools near my Chile Plants so did manage to 
keep the water up to them.

Made a Special Reserve Mango Chutney with the last of the Mangoes the Fruit Bats left on 
the Tree up at the Range, recipe Follows  

8 medium sized green Mangoes Peeled and chopped
1 medium sized Onion Chopped
4 cloves Garlic Chopped
2 Nectarines Chopped
1 red Apple Chopped Skin on
1 cup Currants
2 Cups Watermelon including White bit Chopped
1 teaspoon Coriander crushed
1 teasponn Coriander seed
1 teaspoon Black Pepper crushed
1 teaspoon Black Peppercorns
1 teaspoon Mild to Wild Smoked Red Savina (TM)
30 Red Tepins and 20 green Tepins 
12 Serranos Deseeded Chopped 
2 Tablespoons Tangelo Marmalade
1 Cup Malt Vinegar
2 Cups White Wine Vinegar
1 teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar (old)
1 Pinch of cooking Salt (Chefs Measure) (probably a heaped teaspoon)
1  1/2 Pounds Dark Brown Sugar (Moscavado)?

Chop all Ingredients, reserve Sugar and Marmalade,
Place Ingredients in Non Reactive Pot cover with Vinegar,
Slow Cook over a very low Flame for 3/4 hour,stirring often
Add Sugar and Marmalade cook further 1/2 hour and place in sterilised jars,
Consistency should be slightly runny, Colour is dark brown.


Damm war on terrorism has made things harder for us Chile-Heads, Looks like Aussie 
Customs have got a seed Package I was expecting from South Africa. $#@%^ %^%^#*

Cya 
Luke in Oz
 

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is a double-edged sword.
It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the
drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and
the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of
the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by
patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly
so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caeser."
~ ~GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR


War has all the characteristics of a socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized 
power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about 
intended results and blindness to unintended secondary results.
~ ~ JOSEPH SOBRAN (1991)