Expert advice please - chutney gaffe?

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Hoping someone can provide reassurance or tough love ...
Yesterday I made a damson chutney, using spirit vinegar.
Tasted this morning, and it's sooooo sharp! >:(
Have I made a basic gaffe? Did I do a wrong thing? :-[ Will the chutters calm down in a few months, or should I recycle and put it down to experience?

sniff :'(

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[tim]

Ooops!! Not like you??

I would try a small sample with added sugar & see how that works out before committing another disaster!!

Spirit vinegar is a wee bit powerful? http://www.dlc.fi/~marian1/gourmet/i_vinegr.htm

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thank you tim, I had a mad moment - it was the only vinegar I had in the house - usually use it for general cleaning and getting limescale out of the loo ::) serves me right for being a lazy madam eh :-\

and I got no sugar left in the house now either
trouble is, I think anything I mulch it with might keel over and die >:( :o

[Doris_Pinks]

I really must wear my glasses more at the computer, I read the title as Chutney Giraffe!!! ;D ;D  (Bottle in tall jars! ;) )

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 ;D ;D thanks for giving me something to smile about on this topic DP!

[daisymay]

DP - LOL - so did I  ;D

was not sure what I was expecting when I opened the thread.....

Good luck SS - hope it works out OK!