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Green Tomato Chutney

As I indicated in a previous post, I received a bonus crop of Tomatoes albeit green from seeds that had set themselves in the garden.  So in the spirit of "Waste not, Want not", I decided to make use of them and turn them into a preserve for the pantry shelf. Yesterday I harvested them as the weather is changing and it has been colder the past couple of days so I brought them in. Today I set too and started processing them.  The recipe I am using is an old one and you do have to start it off the night before.  Please note that it is quite normal for the colour of the preserve to change.  The preserve will not remain green, but will go a browny colour.  This is all quite natural. Ingredients: 5 1/2lb of Green Tomatoes (I did not have full quantity so padded out with paler red tomatoes from supermarket) Approx 1lb onions sliced and chopped 3 teaspoons of salt 1-3/4 pints vinegar.  I used malt vinegar. 6oz Sultanas.  I used the Golden Sultanas from my loc...