Impulse buy

[magid]

I went to Russo's, and they had flats of mangoes on sale. Nine large mangoes for $4, even you-must-use-me-now mangoes, is a great deal. So I bought a flat.

I decided on mango chutney, since that's the easiest way to process a lot of mangoes at once.

• a largish sploosh of vinegar (I'd planned to use cider vinegar, but am apparently out, so white vinegar instead. *reminds self to get cider vinegar*)
  
• half a head worth of garlic cloves, crushed into chunks
  
• a diced Vidalia onion
  
• a large knob of ginger, grated (Every time I use the ginger grater I'm glad to have it.)
  
• six red hot cherry peppers, seeded and roughly chopped
  
• hot sauce (the end of the bottle of Frank's, and the beginning of the bottle of Louisiana)
  
• four peaches, diced
  
• two thirds of a box of brown sugar
  
• nine mangoes, diced (I always forget just how long it takes to deal with mangoes. It's lucky they're so yummy, or the inconvenience wouldn't be worth it.)
  
• cayenne powder, ginger powder, cinnamon, nutmeg

I filled two pint jars, three half-pint jars, and four quarter-pint jars, with a bunch left over in a bowl (If I'd just remembered to bring the new box of canning jars in... Ah, well.). Which means that if someone wants a bit to try out, I have jars to part with.

Note: chutney tends to be better after a month or so, which lets the flavors meld together into a more unified whole.