Christmas Chutney Gifts

I would think a food bank would take in date chutney. They would add a nice change to a plain sandwich.

I've had some this year and chocolate biscuits that we won't eat. I'm dropping them off to food bank.

Sometimes a little chutney added to the sausage filling for sausage rolls or a quiche recipe is nice even if you don't eat chutney 'naked'
May be worth a try, you never know!

I know that feeling. I could start my own personal chutney distribution depot.

A food bank will take them provided they are unopened, in date and not home made.

You can send them here! I didn't get a single jar this year and was very disappointed. I love chutney with cheese and cold meat so I guess I have to use up my Autumn chutney and then go buy some more!

Food bank - in date and unopened - would be grateful for them. Some people only get “cold” parcels because they have no means of cooking anything, so chutney can be a good addition to sandwiches.

There’s an app called Olio where you can share unwanted food - even homemade, opened or fresh fruit/ veg , chocolates etc which foodbanks wouldn’t take. Also you could try an app called Trash Nothing where people give stuff away for free.

olioapp.com/en/

We do eat chutney but when I get near the bottom of a jar I’ll often use the remains in a casserole. You can’t really taste it but it gives the gravy more body.

The food is wasted just as effectively by putting it on a shelf and not using it as if you got rid if it the following day.

Donating it to a food bank is a very sensible idea. people do not live just on beans on toast. The odd extra or treat is good fo people and someone may be delighted by your pot of apricot and sprout chutney. Let them have it before it goes out of date.

Our excess in-date food is donated to our Church.

I’m with Keepingquiet and SueDonim and others. We love chutney:

Added to a curry when it’s cooking
Sloshed on and stirred/swirled into cream cheese for a dip
In a cold meat sandwich with cheese.

So yes, donate them, give them away to neighbours…

Another voice to encourage you to drop the chutney off for a food bank. Many supermarkets have a collection point.
The little " extras" are much appreciated by the recipients of our parcels.

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