It's out after 170 years, the secret of Worcestershire Sauce... found in a skip

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 11-3-2013 | Fay Schlesinger

[1rudeboy]

Can’t make a Bloody Mary without it!

[Ray76]

WOO ster sher, Wister sheer
Po tay to, Pa tah to

/grin

[I am Richard Brandon]

"Worcestershire (pronounced WOO ster sher)"

Sorry - wrong! It is pronounced WOO ster. The sher is silent as in fart.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Skip - noun [C] (CONTAINER)/skɪp/ UK (US trademark Dumpster) a large metal container into which people put unwanted objects or building or garden waste, and brought to and taken away from a place by a special truck when people ask for it http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/skip_5

[carlo3b]

Thought you’d find this interesting:)

Indeed I do, I spent an entire summer in the 80's screwing with this subject just for the hell of it.. Ha! The ingredients are baffling to the extent that they make no sense in why someone thought to create that flavor to begin with.. :)

[bgill]

Something smells and it’s not the anchovies. So, after over a century, L&P along with dozens of other Worcestershire Sauce companies were making the stuff without knowing the recipe. And for some unknown reason, a former employee found the recipe that was for another unknown reason thrown out. And now they’re getting headlines. I suspect L&P hired the same PR firm that Wonder Boy is using.

[Usagi_yo]

Roman Garum?

[be-baw]

Youse guys need to work on your English. You’d sound pretty redneck on any reputable cooking show...

[Jeff Chandler]

Worcestershire (pronounced WOO ster sher) sauce is used best when it adds flavor, yet is difficult to discern.

Cayenne pepper, if added to many (non-peppery) recipes in the same manner, brings out the other flavors. If you can tell it's in there or it makes the food taste peppery, you've added too much.

I first discovered this when I added it to potato soup.

[virgil283]

Good article Servo...The original story is interesting. A Brit who lived in India came home and asked two men to replicate a sauce he enjoyed in India. From his description they made it but....it was awful. Left in the basement for several years when he came across it, tasted...it was great !...That's a true story or at least you'll have to tell a bigger lie....HA

[Dan Cooper]

The Romans used to use a fermented fish sauce called Garum on everything. Probably something similar to Worcestershire sauce I’m thinking.

[Jeff Chandler]

I’m willing to spend the few cents more for L&P as I prefer its flavor.

Me too.

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And I don’t care for Grey Pupon

Me neither. But regular, honey mustard, hot mustard, etc., fine.

[MRadtke]

“Can’t make a Bloody Mary without it!”

Truth. I also like to put a few drops in olive oil for dipping French bread.

[BillyBonebrake]

I’m not worried about the what or how as long as it continues to disguise the actual taste of meatloaf.

[I am Richard Brandon]

As it happens, I spent nearly 50 years in England learning the correct pronunciation. No Redneck I.

[goat granny]

I read years ago that no one person knew Col. Sanders receipt. The ingred. were made singularly and then added together by the Col. At his original restaurant..

[grame]

I prefer French’s.

[Ray76]

Beats my SC friend who struggles out “wore chester shire” ;)

[elcid1970]

It’s said that Worcestershire bottles from the era of the British Raj are still found in the Indian countryside to this day.

Something had to hide the odor of spoiled meat even when cooked.

“From the Recipe of”...”A Nobleman in the County” on the Lea & Perrins label remains a mystery.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

If it is not Lea & Perrins, it is not Worchestershire Sauce!