Spring Gully Green Tomato Pickle

[monstersinthedungeon]

is the best tasting pickle/chutney I have ever had. Tastes just like homemade. We enjoy it with our nibblies platter (cheeses, pates, dips, etc) every Saturday night. In fact it was on here many moons ago that someone recommended it and so I bought my first jar - great recommendation, whoever you were!

So it was with abject panic that I heard on the radio yesterday that Spring Gully Foods, a good old Aussie company, has gone into administration. :_|

I don't think I can live without Spring Gully Green Tomato Pickle in my life, so I would be ever so grateful if everyone reading this could go out and buy a jar today. Or tomorrow 😄 Then hopefully they can trade out of this and keep on making "my" pickle.

I am going to go and clear out my local supermarket shelves of it this week, but I can't buy a lifetime supply as obviously it has a use-by date. So I just cannot afford to let this company go out of business and stop making this pickle, my very existence is at risk. Yes, it is, it really is that good. Also very yummy on cold lamb sandwiches.

I know this is a third world problem. Don't care, it really is delish.

Thank you, that is all 🙂

[serendipityricho]

Didnt know about the worcestershire--will be looking

out for it in the supermarket.

[monstersinthedungeon]

Thank you everyone 🙂

In hindsight, of course it doesn't really matter which product of theirs you buy, I guess, as long as they can stay in business.

I'll get a bottle of their wooky sauce as well.

[cherry*135]

It is a shame when the smaller producers making quality food products have trouble making a profit, mostly because the big brands undercut them on price with their inferior products.

The brands have to pay for a place on the top shelves don't they?... more cost for the top shelf, so big brands are often at the top.

[chuk_77]

this might make you a bit happier 

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/public-demand-a-spring-board-for-spring-gully-to-...

In a remarkable turnaround, the company, which entered voluntary administration last month, expects to boost production by up to 50 per cent as it moves to two shifts, five days a week to meet major new contracts it has been awarded in recent weeks.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

love spring gully pickles 🙂

we're also a big fan of Pops tomato sauce. Aussie made but hard to find

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

OK OK OK How have I existed without this pickle??? Ive been deprived:_|

Just finished a feast!;-)

Fresh sourdough with decent butter

slices of spiced gouda cheese topped with spring gully tomato pickle

Cheers and thank you monsters for the recommendation- you are on the $ it IS delish:-D

PS I think this ought to be included in the gluten free area at my local supermarket- Im going to suggest it..

[monstersinthedungeon]

Hey, that's great news, Chuk. I hadn't realised that they actually went into administration a month or two ago, only heard it on the news a couple of days ago. It's terrific that Aussie seems to have really got behind them to get them through this. Hope it continues.

Youcandoit, your feast sounds delish - so glad you liked the pickles, they're really good, aren't they? I had forgotten to mention that they were gluten free - it doesn't affect me at all, but I know a lot of people avoid gluten in their diets, so yes, would be a good addition to the gluten free section.

[dateless2010]

My mouth is watering - I will be trying these tomorrow !

[monstersinthedungeon]

Pimpy, haven't heard of Pops tomato sauce - is it a thick sauce (i.e., like a ketchup sauce) or just good tasting regular sauce? In New Zealand they make the most delicious tomato sauce in the entire galaxy - Whitlocks Tomato Chutney Sauce. It's a very thick ketchup type sauce and is the most scrummy tommytoe sauce I have ever tasted. 

Whenever anyone visits me from NZ they have to bring over a bottle! You can get it here in kiwi shops, but we don't have any close to me, so I have to suffer mostly with regular tomato sauce. Gee, life can be hard sometimes :^O

[j*oono]

Get behind Australian companies.  I don't even buy overseas olive oil any more.  We have very good producers of olive oil in Australia.