Wanaka maker-of-condiments Dawn Stewart had her Lilly's High Country Pickle added to the hamper of New Zealand products delivered to the Queen by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last month.
The little pickle jar contained nectarines and apricots from Cromwell and was made by Mrs Stewart in her commercial kitchen in Anderson Rd, Wanaka.
She was notified her pickle was off to Buckingham Palace by the Auckland store asked to create a hamper of 10 New Zealand artisan foods.
''My High Country Pickle was sitting right in the centre of the box,'' Mrs Stewart told the Otago Daily Times this week.
Mrs Stewart noted three of the products, including hers, contained ginger.
''I assume they knew that she liked ginger.''
Mrs Stewart was yesterday in the middle of preparing fresh red peppers for freezing.
She produces 29 different products and has been selling them wholesale to outlets around New Zealand for 10 years.
Originally from South Otago, Mrs Stewart and her husband Graham have a long association with the food processing industry in Central Otago.
