Frozenrose

okay fellow Toronto Residents I am in desperate need, no, DIRE need of Branston Pickle - I just finished the three jars I brought back with me at christmas and I cannot live without it... there must be somewhere to buy it here.... DOES ANYONE KNOW? if anyone can help on this quest I will make you a toastie...
thanks!

Piff Poff

Try to get it from Loblaws (I think that's your equivelent of Sobeys) you'll find it in the marinades (near worcestershire sauce etc) a little jar that'll cost a small fortune.

wizzard

Trouble with the one you can buy in regular grocery stores in Canada is that about a year or so ago they switched from importing one made in Switzerland that was at least close to the original and now sell one made in the USA under license by Smuckers and they have messed up the recipe to the point that it isn't even vegetarian anymore as they put in worcestershire sauce with anchovies in it and a whoel bunch of other crap that isn't supposed to be in Branston pickle. It's quite annoying really as at least the one they used to import wasn't that bad but this Smuckers version sucks so now I have no Branston after I ran out of what I brought back from the UK. Only choice now is to go to one of the extortionate expat food type shops. Haven't seen one in downtown Toronto but there is a pretty good one in Newmarket just north where my in-laws live so I might get some when I am up there at Easter. There's also one in Oakville I think if you have a car.

Frozenrose

aaah the pain the pain, the horror the horror.... As a vegematarian that rules out Loblaws version... I spent a good hour tonight searching for ex pat stores in toronto and didnt come up with anything... Dont have a car either so im shit out of luck... Do you think if i got my parents to mail some here it would make it, or do you think it would get eaten by sniffer dogs... I am getting quite desperate. I had mac and cheese tonight and it just wasnt the same. I need about 10 jars to quench my desire... I havent had cravings like this since they discontinued worchestshire sauce crisps....

Novocastrian

My wife bought a jar of Branston Pickle (disgusting stuff by the way) at the British Isles Show (Exhibition Grounds, Toronto) a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, she dropped it in the parking lot as we left and it shattered.

This was of course my fault.

Frozenrose

Branston pickle is an acquired taste. and dropping it is a sin. the things id give for pickle o branston. I know you can get it here because if I google branston and toronto it gives me a half a dozen pubs that sell it, but that doesnt help me when I want a ton... crikey I sound like a pregnant women!

indigoagain

If you can get to Mississauga, they sell it in the little expat shop, "A Bit of Home" -Burnamthorpe and Mavis Rds. Costs a bit more than you paid at Tescos or Sainsburys though...

dbd33

Try the shop under the market near Rube's flour. Other than that there's the chain, the Nutty Chocolatier, there's one on Queen, south side, just past Lee.

The Lees

We regularly buy Branston Pickle from Dominion in Oakville. It's only a small jar but it's the real stuff. My daughter just can't do without cheese and pickle sarnies!

j4cksparrow

Do you gherkins as well?

Frozenrose

eeeer no. I do wish i had pickled onions though... and monster munch.

MesserMoony

Here's the website someone mentioned before http://www.abitofhome.ca
It has the monster munch on there as well

dbd33

Loblaws has pickled onions.

welshmaid

No Brantston Pickle, thats it I am cancelling my visit. You cant have a cheese sarnie without it, that is terriable. Oh well just another thing to add onto my shopping list. And good news is they now do it in squeezey bottles, so no broken glass jars..

Frozenrose I am coming to Brantford in May, if you still cant find any I will be more then happy to bring you some.

Biiiiink

When you try the cheese here, the Branston will be the least of your problems