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By Hilary lewis Rappahannock Nows Staff Wntor

For Rappahannock's Turner family, making chutney is a family affair - and a sweet and sometimes sticky business.

Nevill and Clare, along with 30 year-old son. Oliver, run The Virginia Chutney Company out of their Piedmont Avenue home in the Town of Washington producing jars of the savory condiment to be sold from Maine to Florida. Their goal is to spread the delicious taste of southern-style chutney throughout the U.S.. an idea that began as a simple hobby fur Clare.

It all started in 2004. when Clare stopped working as a kindergarten teacher; Oliver moved buck to Virginia from New York; and Nevill retired from a career traveling around the world as a biochemist.

“I found that the south has a great tradition of ehutneys and people always go cm about English chutney, so I though we could start making American-style chutneys,* said Clare. “What's the point of importing them?*

Clare found the transition into the chutney-making business to be a natural one. In fact, chutney had been in the family for a long time. In 1932. a family member printed an English cookbook which included recipes for tomato chutney and several fruit preserves.

“In England, in every pantry; in every cupboard, in every fridge, there! 1 be a jar of chutney* Clare said. “Indians have fresh chutney every day for lunch*

The couple, bom and raised in England. lived in the Caribbean. Pakistan, and East Africa - all known for

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