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C er for Chili
C is for Chilis

For snart mange år siden høstede Uglemor masser af chilier i haven. De blev syltet, henkogt osv, men ikke rigtigt spist. Til gengæld koger Uglemor ca. hver 3. uge en ny omgang citronchiligelé til piraten, der elsker den slags. Det er rent held. For nogen år siden købte vi citron-chili-gelé fra ChuChum. De er siden udgået, men vi fik nogle af de sidste glas overhovedet. Og da der jo står en grundig ingrediensliste på glasset måtte Uglemor prøve sig frem med de citronchilier, hun bare havde kylet i fryseren en dag lige inden nattefrosten. 

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Many years ago MotherOwl harvested loads of chillis in the dome. They were mashed, cooked, preserved and so on, but never really eaten. But once every three weeks now MotherOwl is whipping up a batch of lemon chilli jelly. It's mostly for the pirate who eats it every day for lunch (when at home). It's pure luck. MotherOwl harvested a big crop of lemon chillis last year just before the frost came. She just tucked them into the fridge and almost forgot everything about them. Then the place where we had bought lemon chilli jelly stopped making this. We got the very last four glasses, And when they had been eaten, MotherOwl read on the glass. Te ingredients listed up read much like a recipe, MotherOwl remembered the frozen chillis and tried her best.  

Hjemmelavet citronchiligele - stadig hældt i det originale glas.  --  Homemade lemon chilli jelly, still poured into the original container.

Det første forsøg smagte fint, men var alt, alt for slattent og ikke spor gult. Det afkogte er fint gult indtil eddiken rammer det, så taber det farven.
     Næste gang tilsatte Uglemor meget mere geleringsmiddel og gul frugtfarve. Nu er Piraten tilfreds. Og næste vinters citronchilier spirer i vindueskarmen.

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The first try was not so good. The taste was great, but it was runny and not at all yellow. The juice (or whatever) is nice and yellow, but the secont MotherOwl adds the vinegar, bam! all colour disappears. Next batch was made with more gelling agent and yellow food colouring- a nd deemed 100% authentic by the Pirate.
   Now next winter's lemon chillies are growing in the window.

Nye citronchiliplanter --  New lemon chilli plants