Small chunks in this pickle (Cross and Blackwell Branston Small Chunk)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Cross and Blackwell Branston Small Chunk
Date:	06/07/08 (355 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Stays in a sandwhich better

Disadvantages: None

I do like some pickle with my cheese and one of my favorite pickles is Branston pickle. I recently bought a Branston pickle small chunk.

I think Branston pickle is the best known pickle there is. Crosse and Blackwell first produced this pickle in 1922 in Branston. Branston which is a suburb of Stoke on Trent once a small village but now merged into Stoke.
Branston is now produced in Bury ST Edmunds.

The taste of Branston is the same as it was then as the recipe has not changed.
Branston pickle is a sweet pickle, hubby says it's too sweet for him; it tastes fruity with a spicy tang. Branston pickle contains onions, Swede, cauliflower gherkins tomato apple and dates. Spices are mustard, coriander, garlic, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.

The standard Branston pickle has big chunks of diced vegetables. But they now make a small chunk variety. This is basically the same pickle just that the pieces of vegetable are in smaller chunks they have been through a finer chopper.

I think this is a good form of Branston pickle as although you still get a crisp bite of vegetable the pieces are smaller so do not fall of your fork /sandwich so easily . This is a better form of pickle for spreading in a sandwich.

The small chunk pickle is the same dark brown colour and has the same sweet spicy smell as the large chunk variety

This fine chunk pickle is much easier to put in a cheese and pickle sandwich that you are taking to work.

I like this pickle with a good piece of cheddar cheese and a chunk of good bread. When you order a ploughman's lunch at the pub usually the pickle is Branston.

Branston pickle also goes well with cold meats I just had a memory of post Christmas turkey served up by my mum with salad and some Branston.

This pickle is also good at a barbeque; sausage with branston poickle is fantastic

There are several other sweet pickles available, but none quite the same as Branston

As well as in a glass jar Branston put this small chunk pickle in to a squeezy container this is easy for picnics or BBQ's
Branston small chunk pickle can be bought at most supermarkets the price at Tesco's is £1.09 for a 520g jar, £1.03p for a squeezy container with 410g in it, also available in a 310 size but I can not find the price.

In 100g of pickle there are 109 calories, 26 g carbohydrate, .2g fat, 1.1g fibre, 1.6g sodium. So if you spice up your food with only a little of this it's not tooo bad for calories.

Summary: Branston pickle small chunk variey