- Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch Company
The word
butterscotch was first recorded in Doncaster, a Yorkshire city in England, where Samuel Parkinson began making the candy in 1817. Parkinson's Butterscotch had royal approval and was one of Doncaster's attractions until it ceased production in 1977. The recipe was revived in 2003 when a Doncaster businessman and his wife discovered the recipe on an old folded piece of paper inside one of the famous St Leger tins that was in their cellar. The company Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch Ltd was formed and is now producing and trading butterscotch made to this original recipe. It sells the product all over the world.In 1851 Parkinson Butterscotch was given to the Queen on her visit to
Doncaster and theSt Leger . The same visit where the Queen apparently stayed in a hotel in Doncaster and used Thomas Crapper's famous Water Closet. On this visit the Queen opened the St Leger.190 years later in 2007, the
Doncaster Racecourse was completely rebuilt and reopened by the Princess Royal who in keeping with the traditional was presented with Butterscotch supplied by the New Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch Company (Hall Gate, Doncaster, DN1 3NR), based just 600 yards from the old Parkinson Company (High Street Doncaster, DN1 3AG)The Royal Butterscotch box used in 2007 was designed under the direction of
Glenn Bluff a local Entrepreneur.External links
* [http://www.doncasterbutterscotch.com Official Website Doncaster Butterscotch]
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