Gherkins to put on your burgers, sliced lemons for your cocktails and black cherries with kirsch for your dessert…
We’ve been loving this hamper which also contains super tasty and spicy chilli sauce – if it’s good enough for Jamie Oliver, it’s good enough for us!
Plus home made tasting pickled onions with a kick!
We’ve joined up with Opies, Lingham’s and Barry Normans to offer you to try this fantastic hamper (pictured above).
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About Opies:
Family owned since 1880, Opies produce a fantastic range of high quality products. Central to their range are store-cupboard staples that can be pulled out to transform a wide range of dishes:
For Barbecues, lunch boxes, alfresco dining and picnics:
Cocktail Gherkins: no burger is complete without a generous topping of gherkins! Opies gherkins are hand-picked and delicately steeped in vinegar to preserve the crunchiness.
Widely available from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. RRP £0.89 227g.
Cocktail Onions are sweet and crunchy and perfect for salads or snacking. Available from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. RRP £0.89 227g.
Organic Capers are perfect added to homemade potato salad, with freshly baked fish or just to accompany charcuterie boards. Available from Morrisons, Waitrose and Ocado £2.39.
For summer drinks:
Cocktail Cherries, and Sliced Lemons are store-cupboard essentials and can transform drinks. Once opened they can be kept in the fridge, meaning that they’re always to hand but have less mess and waste. Cocktail Cherries 225g £1.49 Sliced Lemons 350g RRP £1.49
For quick and easy desserts:
Opies sweet, succulent Black Cherries with Kirsch make an excellent filling for a roulade, meringue or Black Forest Cheesecake. Available from Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado RRP £3.99 390g
Did you spot the Summer Berry Compote meringue smash in the wine glasses? This is a super-quick dessert with layers of meringue, compote and cream – and really yummy! The compote includes strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, redcurrant and blackcurrants and is also great in bakes, on porridge – or even spread on toast! Available from Waitrose and Ocadp £2.49 400g.
For baking fun:
Opies is famous for ginger and pack succulent, soft Chinese Stem Ginger in Syrup which is delicious in home-made bakes. The syrup can also be used in drinks and cocktails, so there’s no wastage! Available from Tesco and Asda. Crystallised Ginger adds a crunch element to bakes – and is good as a digestant and also a welcome relief for morning sickness! Available from Tesco. £2.35
Linghams:
Linghams have been making chilli sauce since 1908 during the British Colonial era, Linghams was specifically aimed at the English palette to provide them with a unique, versatile, sweet and spicy sauce. The same secret recipe is used today and is derived from a secret blend of just 4 ingredients – red chilli, sugar, vinegar and salt. Popular with ‘celebrity’ chefs who have named checked the brand in recipes (Jamie Oliver, Mark Hix amongst others). The versatile sauce can be used as an accompaniment such as slathered on burgers or hotdogs, as a marinade for chops or as a dipping sauce for chicken wings or crudités.
Available from Morrisons, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose and Ocado RRP from £1.65 280ml
Barry Norman Pickled Onions: This Victorian family recipe of Writer and Broadcaster Barry Norman for traditional pickled onions are described as “the only pickled onion with a homemade flavour”. These pickles have a loyal fan base and are available from Tesco and Ocado.
Available from Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado 560g £2.40
136 Comments. Leave new
I love everything in this hamper my fiancé will love the chilli sauce and I will love the pickled onions
Perfect match! X
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Good luck x
The hamper looks lovely and has some items I have never tried before! I love to try new foods and drinks x
Me too good luck!
I would love to win your lovely hamper because it sounds define 🙂 Thanks lisa
It really is 🙂
I’d share it with my family if I was lucky enough to win it, there is something for everyone
Lovely idea
I would love to win because everything in it looks lovely and who doesn’t love a hamper
Same here! X
I’ve not tried anything in this hamper before but I would love to own this hamper so I could use it to cook some bits for my parents! Gorgeous looking hamper!
Thanks good luck xx
Would be great for summer barbeques
We love it for that
it looks like a fabulous hamper and would love to try everything in it! x
Looks DELICIOUS -theres something to suit all the different palettes in the family
I’d love it????
Good luck x
Definitely xx
I would like to win this hamper because I love to try new food and drink.
Id love to win your hamper lots of lovely things to try out and if I like something I’d buy it again
🙂 Good luck x
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Good luck x
Would love to win this for my Dad
Just full of all the treats that I love – might manage to share a few though!
Good luck x
I would love to win and use the ginger to make a tasty cake
Yum
Would be nice to try these with my OH as new to us
I;d love to win because everything looks so tasty! [email protected]
Thanks!
A lovely selection to share
Good luck x
Opies cocktail gherkins are the best! I love black olives, the only problem is so does my other half and daughter!
it looks amazing the hamper would love to win for wife
Lovely idea
i woul;d love to win cos it looks fantastic
Good luck
this hamper looks so tasty ive never had a hamper before but this got me smiling as soon as i saw it fingers crossed x
I would love to win the hamper I would use the stem ginger first
Would love to try the Summer Berry Compote x
Mmm with meringue
I love to try new things which this hamper has, but financial constraints these days, it seems winning a comp like this is the only way to do so
It looks so delicious and would be ideal for the many summer picnics we hope to have.
Great idea
it looks like a fabulous hamper ,and I would really love the try them all
Why would I like to win? Becayse there’s so many awesome things in it, that’s why!
In particular, I’m looking forward to trying that chili sauce.
It is amazing x
Would love to win this, the summer berry compote sounds lovely.
I would love to win perfect for family picnics and bbqs this summer!
Definitely good luck x
we ue a majority of those bits, but not regularly they are more of a treat, so this we be fantastic!
Definitely good luck x
it has a great selection of goodies to really ensure our summer picnics will taste much nicer!
Definitely love picnics
Looks great for baking.
A really nice selection of condiments to try with lunches, desserts and drinks.
it looks great and there’s some things ive never tried before
A lovely selection, something for everyone in the family
I’d love to win as they’d be perfect for my Summer garden party
wonderful selection of products, something for my whole family
I would love to win to treat my friends this summer
I would like to win because I love trying out new foods
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Anything savoury and vinegary always gets my vote.
I would love to win this super hamper particularly to try those tasty sauces and the ginger.
Love everything in this hamper. My partner and I are total foodies and this would be the perfect treat for our upcoming camping holiday around Scotland.
I’d love to win the hamper because it looks delicious and I love hampers – a box of surprises
For BBQs at my sons house, he’s the chef, there would be something in the hamper for everyone
A toast to BN – a truly lovely critic! RIP
I’d love to win because I am a massive foodie and the chance to try these decadent products would be a luxury I couldn’t normally afford 🙂 My dad is a MASSIVE ginger fan and eats Crystallised Ginger and Stem Ginger straight from the packet/jar so he would be over the moon lol
I would treat the family with this hamper
I would love to win this hamper as it is great to try new things
it looks amazing the hamper would love to win
I would love to win this hamper, it’s got some favourites and some interesting new things that look delicious!
I love the coctail cherries – always remind me of Christmas! lol!
I’d love to win to take this on a picnic with friends
I would love to win to try something new and make my meals and snacks more interesting
I’d love to win a hamper to treat my house to things we wouldn’t normally buy! We are always on a budget so to win a hamper of treats would be a joy!
Love to win these to put together a perfect cricket picnic
It would be lovely to win the hamper so that I could share with my daughter who is also my best friend.
I always think a meal needs a little something and whether it’s the drink beforehand or a little something to pep up the meal this hamper seems to have everything covered, including the cooks nibbles for when I’m stuck in the kitchen!
To try all the lovely food 😀
for the sheer fun of winning really
inspiring me to try new recipes…..
Oooh, it all looks fab. The family would dive into the contents on receipt, I am sure, if we were lucky enough to win.
Looks a fantastic hamper, which I would love to win. I love to try the Summer Berry Compote and the Chilli sauce.
Looks amazing, I love trying new food – hampers are always very special
Because it is my birthday on Tuesday and this would be a lovely gift!
Would be lovely to win this hamper as it is full of delicious treats! 🙂
There’s such a range of things in there and they all look delicious! Cocktail cherries… yum!!
I’d like to win to share with my friends in the garden
This is a fab hamper of lots of different summery products that I would love to try . 🙂
would love to try some different foods
I’d like it to win it for my grandma when I visit her in the summer 🙂
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The hamper looks lovely, hope i win.
I would love to win as it will encourage me to try things I wouldn’t normally buy
I would like to win this hamper because I love to try new food and drink.
It looks a fab hamper and it would be great to try new things that I haven’t tried before. Thanks for the entry. X
This looks a great hamper to have for summer bbqs x
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I love trying brands and products that I haven’t had before 🙂
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It will add some excellent items to my pantry that I can use at my leisure
We love cooking and trying new foods so this would be ideal!
I’d love to win this hamper because I’d use it as an excuse to pack a picnic and go to the park with my lovely partner 😀
I’d like to win to try that chilli sauce.
Would love to win the hamper as everything in it looks absolutely delicious
Looks nice for a trip to a log cabin in the wilds later next month
I would like to win this hamper so that it can be enjoyed by my family at our late summer get together. I always struggle for good ideas of what food I can serve, so this would really help.
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This hamper looks fab!! love all the sauces etc. Great for a picnic
I really want to try that Summer Berry Compote 😀
Because. love experimenting with all kinds of food especially adding to my freshly grown allotment produce
I love stem ginger but have never tried it in syrup so I would like to win that.
Would love to win as a present for me! after all the running around with school/work and exams. Great prize .tks
I would like to win because I am a ginger fiend….plus the black cherry affair sounds fabularse!
Because i like to try new things and it all looks lovely
This looks fantastic for a summer family get together xxx
I would love to win the hamper because there are some great flavours in here! [email protected]
We’re having a birthday party for my fiancé later this month and we love to provide food that’s a little different. This would certainly hit the spot!
I love to make wonderful and weird concoctions with food. Do believe i could work with these
I would love to win this hamper because it looks yummy and would be great for summer BBQs
looks fab would love to win please x
This sounds like a great selection of both sweet and savoury items, with a couple of brands I’m not familiar with which would be great to try
I love to try new foods so this would be a fantstic treat!
I’d love to win something for everyone in this little lot, mine would definately be the pickled onions yummy
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I would love to win this – it looks so tasty 🙂
first i like rachel ray and she would not let any one have bad thing i love it natural and then i would use it all summer
I would love to win your hamper because it sounds like a great mix with some fantastic items in it.
I would love to win because there would be something for all. Kids would love the compote and I love the onions and chilli sauce. Thank you 🙂
I want to win as there are so many things that both my hubby and i love – and all great with summer outdoor eating I know he loves your cocktail onions and i adore the gherkins and cocktail cherries ( but not together lol )
I would love to try the foods in the hamper as some I have never.
I would love to win as I love little get togethers in the garden and this would be great to get out when entertaining