A guide to Picallilly

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the word to the middle of the 18th century when, in 1758, Hannah Glasse described how "to make Paco-Lilla, or India Pickle".[3] An apparently earlier reference is in Lady Anne Blencowe's "Receipt Book", written c. 1694, which has "To Pickle Lila, an Indian Pickle" credited to Lord Kilmory.[4]

The more familiar form of the word appears in 1769, in Elizabeth Raffald's The Experienced English Housekeeper, as "To make Indian pickle, or Piccalillo".[5] Richard Briggs, in his 1788 The English Art of Cookery, similarly calls it "Picca Lillo".[6] The spelling "piccalilli" can be seen in an advertisement in a 1799 edition of The Times.[7]
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