Pan Yan Pickle

[Jamie Lewis]

Anyone know where you can buy Pan Yan pickle?

[Tat]

try an oriental supermarket? where do you live?

[Jamie Lewis]

Thanks Tat, but I don't think it's oriental. I'm pretty sure it used to be made by someone like Cross & Blackwell as it's just a spicer smaller-chucked version of Branston but I just can't seem to find it anywhere.

[Fitzer]

Jamie's right, it was an alternative to Branston's but I haven't seen it for years.

[Jenny Tools]

I'm affraid it's no longer made.

[Jamie Lewis]

Jenny, please don't tell me that. I've given up smoking this week and the thought of not being able to get any Pan Yan pickle as too, well.. it could all be too much for me. You must find me some!!

[Jenny Tools]

OK I'll have a root round in my cupboard and see if I can find one for you, can't promise how old it will be though !

pick a pot of pickle, pop it in the post

[Jamie Lewis]

That would be great. Could you just scrape the crusted bits from around the top of the jar before sending. Cheers, Jamie.

[kags]

ah Pan Yan - we knew it was Christmas in our house because a jar of Pan Yan and a jar of Picalilli would appear. After the Boxing day cold turkey and pickle lunch the jars would go back in the cupboard until they were thrown out in July! I do hope it they still seel it, it would be another part of my childhood snatched away.......

[kags]

I also hope they still sell it!

[Jamie Lewis]

kags - I think we must have spent Christmas together. I have the same abiding memory.

[kags]

I now have an unsatiable craving for some of the blasted stuff! I just found an export site that sells it, so it must be available - i'm off to my local supermarket to see if I can buy a jar to sit in the back of MY cupboard for months!

[woofgang]

soory folks, I researched this the year before last. At that time Pan Yan was no more.

[glynneb]

The original Pan Yan Pickle was manufactured by Maconochies back about 1950 - maybe Cross & Blackwell came into the act later. Glynne B.

[Adrian S]

I've been looking for three years with no joy. We used to have it on Mondays with cold meat and bubble and squeak! Are there any alternatives? Branston is too sweet. Can anyone remember Maconochie's original ingredients? I can remember apple, tragacanth and turmeric.

[Grey owl]

Originaly made by Maconochies who had factories in south east London and large farms in Hayes, Kent. In the 1950's the firm was taken over by Rowntrees who also aquired the Sun Pat company in Peckham and Hughes Biscuits in Birmingham. Rowntrees was subsequently swallowed up by Nestles who presumably still own the rights to the Maconochies name. Last seen and purchased in Sainsburys in 2002.

[Machnun]

Why dont we have a pressure group to have the owner of the machonie name restart production. Failing which they could assign us the rights to the machonie name and we could commission a small volume company to produce it for us.

[Zappa696969]

Yes I sadly tried to find some and import some and in desperation phoned the company to be told the sad news it is no longer made. What chances do you think of finding a recipie and getting Delia Smith (or someone like that) to make it ?

[Firebrand]

I came across this site only today when hunting for Pan Yan pickle.  I had some last year which I bought in a supermarket but have been trying to find another jar since then with no luck.  It's sad to see that it is no longer made but that is what I guessed had happened.  I don't like the Branston and had to send one jar back because mould developed on the lid (it happened twice but I only sent one jar back)  but I've not been able to source Pan Yan at all.  Now I understand why.  Bring back the Pan Yan I say.