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Global influence? ... Worcestershire sauce has had
Humble sauce 'has global influence'
NEWS.COM.AU - May 30, 2007
FORGET pasta or stirfrys, Britons have chosen a humble condiment with a quintessential Engish image as having the biggest impact on world cuisine.
Global influence? ... Worcestershire sauce has had
the biggest impact on world cuisine, say Britons.
Brits surveyed by UKTV Food rated Worcestershire sauce as having the biggest influence on global cuisine, followed by cheddar cheese and Yorkshire pudding with clotted cream.
The near-global love for a drink or two may have influenced the result, with Worcestershire sauce a vital ingredient in one of the most popular hangover cures - the bloody Mary.
The near-global love for a drink or two may have influenced the result, with Worcestershire sauce a vital ingredient in one of the most popular hangover cures - the bloody Mary.
Despite its English image, Worcestershire sauce's origins are in India.
The Lea & Perrins brand traces its history back to 1835, when Lord Sandys returned from a stint in subcontinent with a recipe.
He asked the owners of a local chemist shop, John Lea and William Perrins, to make up the sauce.
The men prepared "a few gallons" of the sauce, which they left in the cellar after finding it too unpalatable to consume, but stumbled across the jars some time later to find it had matured pleasantly.
Lea & Perrins, which is aged for up to three years prior to sale, is now sold around the world.
A spokeswoman for UKTV Food said: "Although British eating habits now extend to global cuisines, it's a real triumph that classic favourites have pride of place on our place."
The Lea & Perrins brand traces its history back to 1835, when Lord Sandys returned from a stint in subcontinent with a recipe.
He asked the owners of a local chemist shop, John Lea and William Perrins, to make up the sauce.
The men prepared "a few gallons" of the sauce, which they left in the cellar after finding it too unpalatable to consume, but stumbled across the jars some time later to find it had matured pleasantly.
Lea & Perrins, which is aged for up to three years prior to sale, is now sold around the world.
A spokeswoman for UKTV Food said: "Although British eating habits now extend to global cuisines, it's a real triumph that classic favourites have pride of place on our place."
GOD BLESS
ENGLAND
