Mrs H.S Balls Original Recipe Chutney

In the Ciao café, there is a challenge going about. One of the questions is "have you been to Africa" Well - let me take you there now! Imagine yourself deep in the African bush; you pull up to the camp site for lunch. The lunch is laid out, what is there to go with the cheese? This is the answer! ** What is it? ** Basically it is chutney, but not any old chutney, it's Mrs Balls chutney. ** What's the bottle like? ** The bottle is about 8 inches tall, and in an octagonal shape. It tapers in from about 2 inches at the bottom, the about 1 1/2 inches at the top. I would say the bottle has a ... more

I had some Mrs Balls chutney on my lunchtime cheese roll today and decided to pen a poem in her honour: ODE TO MRS BALLS CHUTNEY Do I have a feeling or is it just a hunch But Mrs Balls pickle spices up my lunch It provides a certain tickle Hidden deep within her pickle It spreads with so much ease Right across my cheese and crusty roll Which is good food for the soul I wonder what Mrs Ball was like Was she a tall Mrs Ball, or a small Mrs Ball Did she live in Fulham, or did she live in Putney And what was she doin' messin' round with chutney? Either way what turned out was something rather ... more

Skud Die Bottel ...or so Mrs Ball instructs on the lid of her excellent chutney! I was first introduced to Mrs H. S. Ball by my South African boyfriend on one of those joint shopping expeditions to the local supermarket where bored partners wander off to create mischief 'Good heavens' i heard him exclaim,' Its Amelia Ball, I havn't seen you since Jo'berg 6 years ago. I thought I'd lost you forever' Somewhat distracted from my quest for bargains, I turned to find him with the biggest grin ever on his face addressing a bottle of chutney! Amelia, or to give her her more correct title Mrs ... more