No longer British, but still the 'brown stuff'

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A little humor this morning. Pete :cheers:

It was pleasing to see recent Bangkok Post letters praising that most noble of institutions, HP Sauce. One reader even called it "the best condiment ever produced", although one suspects the French might...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... rown-stuff
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prcscct wrote:A little humor this morning. Pete :cheers:

It was pleasing to see recent Bangkok Post letters praising that most noble of institutions, HP Sauce. One reader even called it "the best condiment ever produced", although one suspects the French might...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... rown-stuff
An interesting read, and I have to agree that a bacon sarnie isn't complete without a generous spread of HP!!
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When I lived in the US and was going either to the UK or Canada.I had to bring back several bottles of HP for British an Canadian friends. Later the supermarkets started to stock it--- it could be found in the international gourmet section
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I wouldn't dream of serving an English Breakfast without it........It's an institution 8)
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Here is the video with Marty Feldman mentioned in the article. :D

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Terry wrote:I wouldn't dream of serving an English Breakfast without it........It's an institution 8)
If you think HP brown sauce is good, try Hendersons Relish.
Its particularly good with 'meat an tatoe pie' ;-)

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Ideal and Daddies used to be big too. What happened to them?
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richard wrote:Ideal and Daddies used to be big too. What happened to them?
They've probably gone out of business and IMO they were never up to the standard of HP sauce - for me it was always HP for brown sauce, Heinz for tomato!!
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Never heard of Ideal, but Daddies is still widely available in the UK. Many supermarkets stock it.

When I was younger I really liked OK brown sauce but it just seemed to disappear. So I was surprised to find that it's a staple in oriental and Thai stores in the UK!
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richard wrote:Ideal and Daddies used to be big too. What happened to them?
Daddies is still popular.
Did you know it's a close relative of HP?, made by & sold by the same company along with Lea & Perrins Worcester sauce.

They may have been sold by HP Foods to Danone & then to Heinz but they'll always be British, they've just been adopted. :wink:
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I used to be an HP and Ideal freak but now prefer L&P and Soya sauces

Ketchup is just for chips IMO
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richard, have I aged overnight. Why are we the only 2 to remember ideal sauce? Their fruity blend was to die for.
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Big Boy wrote:richard, have I aged overnight. Why are we the only 2 to remember ideal sauce? Their fruity blend was to die for.
I can remember it but tried to find an image on the net but somebody had already posted that he had searched and couldn't find anything - apparently it was made by Heinz!!
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Could this be the one....Heinz Ideal
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It is actually WorcesterSHIRE sauce, when I was in the US people would ask how you pronounced this tongue twister--- I replied, its easy it is pronounced Lea & Perrins
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