Panyan pickle reconstructed.
May 27, 2013
*PLEASE NOTE - this is an old blog post from 2013 - we no longer sell PanYan Pickle - thank you!*
It may be a little later than I anticipated but I have attempted to replicate panyan pickle based on the ingredients listed on the original jar. A couple of ingredients have changed, I used cornflour rather than potato starch to thicken the pickle and I suspect I am using a better quality vinegar than the original but, it is done and will soon be for sale in the online shop. This week!
I have based the spicing on all your memories using tamarind, ginger, curry spices etc I need to know if I have got it right.
I do need more feedback, a jar was sent to a panyan pickle lover who says she has tried all panyan pickles on the market. She responded by buying 6 jars and emailed how much she loved it but said her memory wasn't sharp enough to give true analysis.
To this end the first 10 people who order the pickle online will have the cost of the jar refunded if they are prepared to give me feedback, good or bad, just put the word 'feedback' in the' instructions to seller' and I will refund the purchase. Unfortunately the postage will still need to be paid and this is £6.00. Only one free jar per purchaser but of course you can buy anything you want to dilute the postage costs.
Alternatively email me and I can invoice you I am useless at technology.
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Are you still providing your version of Pan Yan Pickle ? Hopefully you can help
Would like to buy a couple of jars for a friend who has nostalgic memories. My Mum and Dad sold it in our village shop before WWII. What do I do?
I too have been trying to recreate this pickle, which I ate regularly as a child. I seems to have consisted mainly of swede, which gave it a pronounced yellow tinge. The later jar labels attested to modified starch, which would be something like maltodextrin, a thickener widely used in the food industry. I think cornflour is likely to be the best substitute. I doubt we can really remember tastes with accuracy: certainly British people have acquired a much greater tolerance to spices than we had 40 or 50 years ago. What we now regard as mild and soothing would have brought us out in a sweat in those days.