As doganjo says, I had too much vinegar in the recipe I am using for plum chutney this year and all 3 batches done to date have taken way longer to get down to proper chutney consistency, but they've all made it eventually and been really yummy too..
I had a first attempt at mayonnaise yesterday and that too seems to have had way too much oil in the recipe, it came out more of a salad dressing than a mayo
but was used up on a bowl of coleslaw and coated it well enough, tasted fine too so just not sure what is wrong with recipes and me!
On a brighter note, a bright yellow note, my friend was up from Sussex and we had a first go at lemon curd - she did all the stirring cos I sometimes lack patience
but it came out absolutely gorgeous and has been tested on oatcakes, porridge and off a spoon with 3 jars off a recipe using 5 complete eggs..
The egg whites from the yolks used for the mayo sadly refused to peak/beat/whip up at all and had to be abandoned, or I would have had meringues with lemon curd on for tea
No idea what I did wrong, maybe using the hand blender but a hand balloon whisk did no better