Almost Home

If you do find yourself in Gunnedah, the Gunnedah Country Markets are the place to be if you can time your visit to the third Saturday of any month. Cheap vegetables and an excellent range of sauces and pickles had us loading up our ice boxes. The star find was Almost Home - Gunnedah, who make a cracking corn relish ($8) that stands in stark opposition to the “four kernels of corn” you find in the commercial supermarket variety, the proprietor informed me. This jar, made using corn grown on his property, Dixie, gives you a lot more sweet, juicy bursts of corn than that against a tangy vinegar-heavy base. Mix it with some sour cream or cottage cheese for a perfect two-minute dip. Smeared over corned beef, the green tomato pickle ($8) they make is equally enticing.

Edit: my fiance refuses to have any commerical fig jam now. This one is just so good my friend brings me a steady supply whenever they visit Sydney

Grabbed an assortment of chutney and jam on my recent trip outback to see family, and let me tell you the marmalade and fig jams were especially great! The Marmalade is sweet, sour and packed with flavour, whilst the fig jam is a light, moorish topping balanced perfectly for any time of day.

Excellent home grown produce. Sauces and jams made from the farm.