tomato. I think I got mor of the tomatoes good ness by removing the skins after cooking - and they mostly float to the top so it isn't difficult. Kochhar didnt mention the skins at all, but I think it is nice to remove them mum - have you any tomatoes left? Bea - I might take you up on that if I manage to can the next batch correctly WMM - I believe we have three more weeks of Early Girls here. That is what the farm stand led me to believe 3 weeks ago when they told me there were six weeks left in the season. They are so good right now - I quarter them and then grill them. Woosh they are scrumptious beyond scrumptious. That chutney (that I learnt from my mother) was the first post in my food blog !!(see that post: http://chatpatfood.blogspot.com/2006/08/\\... It is a speciality of Bengal, an eastern state of India; the combo five whole spices is called 'panch-phoran'. My recipe is slightly different (adds raisins and dates; no vinegar; green fresh chillies instead of red dried chillies). Hi Sam! In my excitement to meet my favorite chutney, I forgot to tell how delicious it all looks here. And I am definitely going to try this version. I do not bother skin the tomatoes (but removing it after cooking is a good idea), but definitely slice them into quarters. Yeah, to what everybody said above. (I can't believe I'm the only one