Spicy Shopping Trip

We've been back to the UK for a dutiful flying visit to my mum and the in-laws, the first time we've been back for 12 months mostly, because I've not been well enough to travel, and indeed, after the Tuesday to Saturday trip I was totally exhausted.  A 6am flight which meant leaving our UK base at 3am didn't help.

But we are back now, and I'm largely recovered thanks to a 12 hour sleep and with just a dull ache in most joints to remind me to take it easy for a few days.  It was a largely successful visit and we managed to do two of the three essential things (familial duties apart) that we aim for on trips to Britain, namely buy spices and go to a pub.  Having a curry fell by the wayside.

Sweet Chilli Sauce

Now that the garlic and shallots have been harvested and the first chillies are fruiting - only a month late thanks to the non-event which was spring 2013 - it's time to make a first batch of sweet chilli sauce.  The first up are the fatalii, hardly unexpected as the plant was over-wintered indoors and then put back outside in May.

This sauce isn't a long-term keeper, not that it would survive long in this household anyway, but one to eat fresh.