The Condiment Aisle: Cranberry Sauce, Relishes, Chutneys....

[CellarDweller]

Yuck!  Not good news.

[Front-Ranger]

High time entertainment for a snowy day...making my annual Cumberland Sauce! How are your Thanksgiving preparations coming along?

CUMBERLAND SAUCE
Makes: 1 1/2 cups

1 cup red currant jelly
1 tablespoon chopped shallots
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon English mustard
1/2 cup port wine
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Melt red currant jelly; add shallots, julienned orange and lemon zest and fresh grated ginger. Mix mustard in wine and add to currant jelly. Add orange and lemon juice and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and cayenne pepper.

[Jeff Wrangler]

High time entertainment for a snowy day...making my annual Cumberland Sauce! How are your Thanksgiving preparations coming along?

What do you use it for, or on? Do you put it on meat, or poultry?

[Front-Ranger]

Yes, both meat and poultry!

[CellarDweller]

A classic sauce made from redcurrants and oranges, with a splash of port to give it a unique flavour.

Uses in the Kitchen
Serve alongside hot and cold meats, with gammon or with sausages. Use to enrich sauces or gravies for game or other meats.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Thanks. I'm sure your homemade is better than the store-bought.

[CellarDweller]

Well, isn't that always the way? 

[Jeff Wrangler]

Well, isn't that always the way?  

Actually, I'd say no. Depends on the cook. In FRiend Lee's case, I'm sure hers is better than store-bought.

Case in point: I hate to say it, but some of my mother's homemade soups were not that great. Her bean soup and her split-pea soup were wonderful, but other kinds not so much. Campbell's did other varieties better.

[Front-Ranger]

I've never seen bottled Cumberland Sauce! Chuck, you do have a gift in finding the most arcane things!

(And thanks for the compliment, Jeff!) 

[CellarDweller]

Case in point: I hate to say it, but some of my mother's homemade soups were not that great. Her bean soup and her split-pea soup were wonderful, but other kinds not so much. Campbell's did other varieties better.

Good point.