Beetroot and Chili Ketchup from Grandma’s Garden

I’m getting quite into ketchup. I mean, I’ve been quite into ketchup since I discovered bacon sandwiches, but it wasn’t until I made my first BBQ sauce that I realised you can improve on the stuff you get in bottles from the supermarket. It wasn’t until Yorkshire Grub’s Blackberry Ketchup that I realised you could…

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Blackberry Ketchup

Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it Leaving stains upon the tongue and…

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