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There’s pickle in the jar

A CHEESE sandwich without it is but half as good. A ploughman’s without it is unthinkable. In the 100 years since a Mrs Caroline Graham first dipped her spoon into a fragrant, lumpy concoction that would become known as Branston Pickle, the world has changed beyond recognition. Yet, as far as we know, her classic condiment hasn’t.

Not much is known about Graham, who,

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