I'm a yank with a mom born in England. Why do I crave Worcestershire sauce? ?!


Question: I'm a yank with a mom born in England!. Why do I crave Worcestershire sauce!? !?
Occasionally I'll take a tiny nip from the bottle!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


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ha ha ha good question,i understand where your coming from,you obviously have your mother in you you have the english D!.N!.A you will probably love fish and chips with lots of vinegar tooWww@FoodAQ@Com

The ingredients of a bottle of Worcestershire Sauce from England sold under the name "The Original & Genuine Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce" by Lea & Perrins, Limited, lists the following ingredients: malt vinegar (from barley), spirit vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions, garlic, spice and flavouring!.

It is a flavouring used in many dishes, both cooked and uncooked, and particularly with beef; and drinks, such as the Bloody Mary!. Lea & Perrins supplies it in concentrate form to be bottled abroad!.

Worcestershire sauce is referred to in South Africa and some parts of the US and the UK as Worcester sauce (pronounced /?w?st?/), or spelled phonetically as Wooster sauce!.

Though a fermented fish sauce called garum was a staple of Greco-Roman cuisine and of the Mediterranean economy of the Roman Empire, "Worcestershire sauce" is one of the many legacies of British contact with India!. While some sources trace comparable fermented anchovy sauces in Europe to the 17th century, this one became popular in the 1840s!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I am a former chef and my grandmother was from Liverpool and she used it alot when we were kids, when she past away in 1964, I was 8, and did not see it for years, my mother side is Irish and anything from England to them was poison, I now cannot live with out it, malt vinegar, mushy peas and crumpet, all food my gran use to give us as kid's, my friends in Liverpool who I go to see, know my grans brother's family, and I visit once or twice a year now, and are amazed I am so fond of those things!.

I will admit to a shot every night of amlt vinegar to cleanse my blood!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'm just plain American, with probably some English blood swimming around in me somewhere!. (The last name's Harrod, so you'd think!.!.!.)

I've found myself seeking out strange combinations like beans on toast and sardines on toast, only to find out with further research that these are quite normal over there in the U!.K!.

Maybe it's my ancient heritage calling out to me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The secret vinegar is addictive!.!.!.
The FDA ignores it because it is used infrequently!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Oh man that is good stuff, on eggs, bacon, sausage and you name it!. By the way I'm South African so what's the point!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Because its an absolutely brilliant concoction!Www@FoodAQ@Com

The time to worry is when you start craving marmite ! :-)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Because it tastes great on cheese on toastWww@FoodAQ@Com

ha lol its probably your heritage instincts! this question made me grin so much :D

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It's what you like!.!.!.not where you came from!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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