Posted on 03/17/2007 3:34:20 AM PDT by Condor 63
That doesn't sound good at all.
We've been using W Ketchup since 2004. Much better than Heinz.
It was quite nice actually - the centre of Birmingham suffered from traffic congestion even back then so the overiding smell was traffic fumes, except for this oasis in Aston where the overiding smell was that of beer - beer in the sense of the aroma of hops and barley rather than the stench of dregs left in the bottom of glasses the morning after a party.
Don't be ignorant. HP is not a rotten form of what we know as tomato ketchup. It's a distinct and glorious treat in the same family of savory sauces as tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, banana ketchup, mushroom ketchup, Chinese ke-tsiap / kaichiap, and all the good old patis, anchovy sauce, bagoongs, and the other fermented fish pastes.
HP Sauce / generic brown sauce is wonderful on everything.
Mmmm, beer...ok.
Most of this fare was probably developed for sheer survival.
Personally, I would have to be pretty damn hungry to eat the eyeballs or nuts of any animal.
There are a few winners, though. I could sit down to a nice bowl of menudo and a head cheese sandwich anytime at all.
Both of these delicacies make the average person want to vomit.
Isn't that from the movie Murder on the Orient Express? Or, maybe not!
Bacon and fried egg sandwiches with brown sauce is a breakfast favorite, delicious.
I sell HP sauce in my store and since the word got out that the UK factory was closing and the bottle would lose it's famous Houses of Parliament picture, folks have been buying the bottles as collectibles.
Voltaire said: "England has forty-two religions and only two sauces."
Does this mean this old quote has now been surpassed by time and Teresa Heinz-Kerry?
[ALL present. The mood is tense as LISTER, KOCHANSKI and CAT sit down to KRYTEN's lovingly prepared meal]
LISTER It's nice, Kryts, really nice.
KOCHANSKI It's really great.
LISTER In fact, it's better than nice, it's fantastic.
KOCHANSKI Isn't it great?
LISTER It's really great.
KOCHANSKI Really, really great.
[CAT stares at them both and throws down his fork]
CAT Are we eating the same stuff?
KRYTEN I don't know *why* I make the effort. No one appreciates the *hours* I put into food prep! My fingers are practically worn down to the endo- skeleton.
LISTER Is there any ketchup?
KRYTEN Any *what*?
LISTER Ketchup. I just thought it could do with a bit of ketchup... Just a dollop..?
KRYTEN Ketchup??
KOCHANSKI Oh my god...
KRYTEN You want *ketchup*??
LISTER Errm... brown! Not tomato! Brown! It's not like I've got *no* class...
KRYTEN With lobster? You want *brown* ketchup?
LISTER It's really nice Kryts, but you know me, I just thought it could do with a bit of a pep-up...
KRYTEN I *can't* believe it. I simply cannot b --
[KRYTEN s head explodes, showering the diners with plastic, pieces of circuit board and fizzing wires]
CAT Oh well done, bud! Now *we'll* have to do the washing up!
KOCHANSKI [standing and examining KRYTEN] He's *literally* blown his top! Cat, can you go and get a spare head?
CAT How come I have to do everything around here? I never get a second to myself! "Cat do this", "Cat do that"; what am I? A dog?
That was always a better late night snack for me...even after fifteen pints I was always able to fry-up the bangers...if you put enough butter and brown sauce on them you wouldn't burn your mouth too severely...
Brown sauce on a Cornish pastie is also mandatory but call me a snob...I prefer the Colman's on a sausage roll!
This sauce is probably just the unused runoff from a banger factory.
I know of nobody here in England who's actually eaten this stuff in the last twenty years. My suspicion is that Heinz have only kept it going to bolster those cherished American myths about English food...
I'd have to say "No, that would be the Germans."
Oh, give me a break. They serve the same darn thing in the UK, they just call it "pudding."
("How can you have any desert, it you didn't eat your pudding?")
Leave those kids alone.
In VA, we call it "scrapple." LOL.
It's just another brick in the wall.
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