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A few months back I was fortunate enough to be sitting on the veranda of a hilltop game lodge in Southern Africa where I ate the most delicious ploughman’s lunch ever – I know, an odd place to have a ploughman’s but there you go. Anyway, as an accompaniment to the dish were some scrumptious pickled onions but they were pickled in some form of curry-flavoured vinegar – very, very moorish. Not very hot curry just a good flavour and nice and sweet. The following week we actually located them in a local supermarket (and pigged out for the rest of the holiday).
They must be available here surely but I can’t find them anywhere.
Anyone ever come across them ?
Failing that, anyone got a recipe for the vinegar
Last edited by tonyt on Tue May 23, 2006 2:00 pm; edited 1 time in total ______________________________________________________________ Tony
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Hi Tony
they sound lovely I must say, sorry cant help you out on those but can really recommend our local onions pickled in hops!!!!
We bought some at a local fete and can't get enough of them. They are from South Darenth, Nr.Dartford and we buy them in our local Waitrose 'when' they have a supply of them in. They are the only Pickled Onions I can eat and when we can't get them any others just don't hit the spot in the same way.
If you are interested I will try and get the details for you.
If by "some form of curry-flavoured vinegar " you mean that the onions were pickled in a "hot" vinegar that reminded you of a chilli curry then I know where to get them!..........
Tesco
Yes Tescos own brand "Pickled Onions in hot and spicy vinegar" they a very good and may be what you are searching for....even if they are not exactly right I am sure you will like them.
I love em in fact I am going to have to have some for lunch now that you have reminded me that I have some in the cupboard
Well I started off trying to track down curry flavoured pickled onions and end up this afternoon on a trip to Waitrose to seek out hop flavoured ones and to Tesco to look for the chilli variety
Before I go I suppose I'd better get changed - they have a dress code at our local Waitrose (well that's what it feels like).
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Tony, hope you got your best bib & tucker on for your trip to Waitrose ours is a small branch in the village and not at all stuffy but I do know what you mean.
I don't think all branches stock the Darenth Valley onions - it seems to be a Kentish thing, so you will just have to dig out your passport, get your jabs up to date and have a trip across the border into Kentishland
We are not a bad lot over here you know, and welcome most foreigners ...even Essex boys.
Let me know how you get on, I must say the Tesco Fire eaters sound good as well. Dress down code in order for that trip though
Maura
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While we're on the subject of things hot and spicey - have you tried these?
Very juicy with cheese or cold meats, lovely stuffed with cream/blue/goats cheese and even better strung on a barbequed kebab -
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in fact I am going to have to have some for lunch now that you have reminded me that I have some in the cupboard 
ours is a small branch in the village and not at all stuffy but I do know what you mean.
