Hello, Blake Makers, and a very special hello to you, Sooper Heroes. Why so special? There’s a giveaway this week!!! That’s right, they’re baaaack!
So, what are we giving away? More chocolate? Something sweet? Actually, no. In fact, this time, it’s something savory. It’s chutney!
Alison McQuade has been a loyal Blake Maker since the beginning. She makes some amazing chutney, and we’ve actually blogged about it before.
She wanted to share her most popular flavor with all of you, so she sent me a jar of the Fig & Ginger to try.
Like with all the free food we get to consider for the giveaways, I needed to taste it, cook with it and photograph it.
We’re always going to tell you the truth (whether good or bad), so I have a confession to make about chutney. I don’t have a lot of experience with chutney.
I rarely cook with it, and have eaten it less. Actually, I’ve only had it twice (and both times were from McQuade’s). That being said, I’ve enjoyed everything Alison’s sent me!
I made a crostata with it (here’s the recipe), and it turned out nice. It tasted like a big fig newton. I’m curious, however, to see what you guys will be able to do with it.
That brings us to this week’s giveaway.
Instead of a feeding frenzy, we’re going to do things a little differently this time. I’m going to post on Thursday, April 3, and you’ll have all day to sign up. We have 24 jars to give away, so here’s how you get one.
Tell us what you’ll do (make) with it. You don’t have to have a recipe, or any experience with chutney. Just give us what you’ve got; what you’re thinking of; what you’d like to try.
The 24 best ideas (chosen by us) will get a jar.
Keep an eye out for a Sooper Secret E-mail for further details. Comment with questions! Stay tuned!
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time to get the pinot noir infused noggin working overtime
Ah ha…the stakes get higher.
I like the challenge
I signed up last week but never got a email confirmation. Do I need to sign up again?
Hrmm, I wonder how I can cupcakeify that….
Get them gears to turnin’. bk
this is a brilliant way of running the giveaways! especially for those of us located in a different part of the planet! looking forward to thinking of something fabulous!
:::fantasizing about fig chutney tartlets:::
I have so many ideas floating in my head now…mmmmm….
What a good idea… I’m looking forward to creating either a cheesecake or something Moroccan… maybe a lamb shank tagine with fig chutney. Delicious.
My favorite use of chutney: A warm Trader Joe’s flour tortilla and McQuade’s Fig Chutney .. hard to beat and pretty addictive.
well blake, based on these responses, you really should have a video or photo reply section for the winners. Those people should definitely get something extra for best creation.
Hi, James. I agree. I have a feature called Say It On BlakeMakes where people can submit their stories, and I post them here to the blog. I’m working on a way to automate this process. bk