Hello RUTH!
Saturday October 12 1996 23:37, RUTH HANSCHKA wrote to IAN HOARE:
 RH> I've never been a big chutney fan.  Go figure.
That might be because you've not had any good ones. Almost every bought 
chutney I've ever eaten was revolting. The exception - and I write this for 
purely academic interest, because you have NO chance of finding it, is 
"Geeta's Mango Chtuney" which I tried early this year on a visit to the UK. 
That is a typical Indian mango chutney, and we use it most times when we make 
an indian meal.
 RH>  I do love real deli kosher dills though, but I'll bet those are hard
 RH> to get over there!
The nearest thing we can get to that is german dill pickles, which we saw 
when we were visiting Denis Clement (who writes to Cuisto.032, a french 
language cookery echo) in Alsace.
 RH> They came with the smell.
Brilliant. We'll be trying them out real soon. Life is returning to normal 
after our trip abroad, followed by a wine tasting trip to the Bergerac area.
 RH> OTOH, around here the part of the batch of those cookies tha lives the
 RH> longest IS the smell.  They're easy to make and taste darned good;
 RH> it's a recipe from a late 40s Betty Crocker cookie book.
I'm STILL working on Jacquie... sigh. If we'd only sit still long enough.
 RH>  VERY useful book.
I DAREN'T eat too many cookies, they go to my (already far too ample) waist 
as if by magic. But the odd really superb recipe is always welcome when we 
have friends or clients.
All the Best
Ian
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