Worcestershire Sauce?

[Steve Kroll]

It's just one of those things Andy. And let's not forget you have a few oddities of your own! For example - Kansas and Arkansas. Now to my English eyes, these two should be pronounced the same - Kansas and then Kansas with an R sound in front. But Arkansas is pronounced ArkanSAW! What's that all about??

There's a good reason.
Why We Pronounce 'Kansas' And 'Arkansas' Differently - Business Insider

 

[KatyCooks]

There's a good reason.
Why We Pronounce 'Kansas' And 'Arkansas' Differently - Business Insider

Steve, that is brilliant! Thank you for posting the link!

Not sure I agree it's a "good" reason, but now at least I understand it!

(I blame the French personally....)

(And totally kidding about blaming anyone - needless to say!)

 

[taxlady]

There's a good reason.
Why We Pronounce 'Kansas' And 'Arkansas' Differently - Business Insider

Steve, that is brilliant! Thank you for posting the link!

Not sure I agree it's a "good" reason, but now at least I understand it!

(I blame the French personally....)

(And totally kidding about blaming anyone - needless to say!)

It gets "better". The Arkansas River can be pronounced either way, depending on where you are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River#Pronunciations

 

[Mad Cook]

I don't call the city anything!!! Never been there! It's "way oop north".

Honest answer? In my head the city is called "Works" - the city is spelt Worcestor, but is abbreviated as "Worcs".

As for umami, yes, I have paste not sauce. I doff my hat Sir.

Oh no it isn't (in best pantomime style). It's down south (anything south of Birmingham is "down south" from oop here)

From Henri in the north of England

 

[Mad Cook]

There's a good reason.
Why We Pronounce 'Kansas' And 'Arkansas' Differently - Business Insider

Thanks, Steve. I've wondered about that since I was a little girl.

 

[Zagut]

Which one has the new label? Looks like the one on the right? Right?

Give that contestant a prize.

Guess some marketing genius figured it would sell more but it took away a nice trivia question.

KatyCooks, How many times does it say Lea & Perrins on the bottle?

 

[Addie]

I thought I would "bump" this one more time. Here in Massachusetts, as stated before the sauce is pronounced Wooster sheer. But in the legalese of our state, the city is called The Shire of Worcester, in the County of Worcester. Every city and town is referred to in legalese as a Shire. And every Shire is located in a County. Just one of those stupid things I remember from when I was a legal secretary.

We sure do like to hang onto our English habits of yore.

 

[Roll_Bones]

Okay. I bought the anchovy paste. Now, what to do with it........

 

[buckytom]

do you mean in general, or to make worcestershire sauce?

in general, iadd it to the evoo and garlic when first toasting it to make tomato sauce. it dissovels in to the oil giving the sauce a umami thing.

it's also good in greek salad dressing. (greek olive oil, greek oregano, anchovy, lemon zest and juice, red wine vinegar).

for worcestershire sauce, i once met a guy from worcestershire, england who said it was partly made from rotting tomatoes. i'm not sure if i believe that though. the guy was hammered at the time (i was in a pub in leitrim).

 

[KatyCooks]

Give that contestant a prize.

Guess some marketing genius figured it would sell more but it took away a nice trivia question.

KatyCooks, How many times does it say Lea & Perrins on the bottle?

I had no idea my question would last so long.

Anyhoo, I am looking at my current bottle of L & P and counting....

and I count 7!

But I bet I missed one! (or more?) This is a trick question, right?

 

[Zagut]

I had no idea my question would last so long.

Anyhoo, I am looking at my current bottle of L & P and counting....

and I count 7!

But I bet I missed one! (or more?) This is a trick question, right?

Katycooks, It's not a trick question at all.

Look very closely at the square border on the label.

If you're an old fart like me you might need a magnifying glass.

I don't know the answer but I do know it's more then seven.

I think the answer depends on the size bottle you have and the size of the label.

My Grandfather always got a real kick out of asking this question.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Okay. I bought the anchovy paste. Now, what to do with it........

Do not try brushing your teeth with it...big mistake.

 

[Dawgluver]

Do not try brushing your teeth with it...big mistake.

Indeed. The tomato paste in the tube works much better.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I call it War-Chester-Shire sauce, but that's just to piss people off.