US condiments group Heinz has bought UK condiments group HP Foods. No, I’m not getting SBBS and work confused: the New York Times‘s article on the deal features a great paragraph explaining English cuisine for American readers…
"HP Foods is famous in Britain for its namesake sauce, a spicy brown condiment often eaten with bacon sandwiches and "fry ups," a traditional English breakfast of eggs, sausages, bacon, beans, tomatoes and mushrooms."
They also make Worcestershire sauce, which is far preferable (in case anyone was wondering, condiments are officially ranked in this order from best to worse: Encona chilli sauce; Worcestershire sauce; mustard; mayonnaise; HP sauce; Heinz ketchup; other ketchup; rancid scrapings from tramps’ underwear; salad cream). (Via)
Spot on about Encona.
No mention of being the official condiment of punch ups at wedding receptions though…
Spot on about salad cream too . . .
_ Spot on about salad cream too_
You must be a southerner in disguise. Anyone proper like raised north of Leicester Forest East prefers Salad Cream to Mayo.
Hey, I’m a soft southern shite, and I like salad cream.
Although I don’t dislike mayonaise either.
Given your poor choice of politics, it is hardly a surprise to see your appalling taste in the ranking of condiments. It is obvious to any man of sophisticated taste and discernment that HP sauce comes first, followed by Branstone pickle (if that counts as a condiment), then Heinz Ketchup and finally Hellman’s mayo.
Oh God! The sainted ‘Norm’ will probably have a poll on the subject, and even worse, it will go round as one of those tedious questionnaires. I’m outta’ here!
Brown sauce worried me for ages. I thought that if it were referred to by its colour rather than any alleged food ingredients, that couldn’t possibly be good. But then I found a sachet with "apples" at the start of its ingredients list, which is practically healthy, and clear proof of the existence of god.
I wrote a song called Condiment. For some reason.
must be a southerner in disguise
Oh dear, where’s the flat cap & the whippet?