The story of Mrs Ball’s Chutney: A South African classic
A much-loved condiment, Mrs H.S. Ball’s Chutney has graced the dinner tables of South African households for decades.
The product was created by the Ball family, and still displays the family crest on the top of the label today. While its history is complicated, its popularity can be traced back to the Mother City.
The official Mrs Ball’s website claims that the recipe first belonged to an Indian chef aboard the SS Quanza. In 1852, the SS Quanza shipwrecked off the coast of East London, South Africa while en-route from Canada to Australia. Captain Henry Adkins and his wife Sarah survived and saved the blueprint for what would become the country’s most famous chutney recipe.
Source: capetownetc.com
Comments