Secret Worcestershire Sauce recipe found

[snopes]

Historians believe they have found the original recipe for Lea and Perrins' Worcestershire sauce, which could be 150 years old.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...ipe-found.html

[snapdragonfly]

If how they make is so top secret that nobody knows how to make it...then how on earth do they get it made? Do half the people have to leave the premises entirely while the other half do just the half that they know how to do? What happens if one half does something wrong or forgets a step, how would anyone ever know to fix it?

[AnglRdr]

Brian Keogh, who died in 2006, said that he discovered the original recipe in two leather-bound folios written in sepia ink.

Ah, so that's who was trying to tell Micha something on the ouija board!

[Jay Tea]

Originally Posted by snapdragonfly

If how they make is so top secret that nobody knows how to make it...then how on earth do they get it made? Do half the people have to leave the premises entirely while the other half do just the half that they know how to do? What happens if one half does something wrong or forgets a step, how would anyone ever know to fix it?

The sauce is prepped by general staff up to a certain point - from this point of secrecy only a handful of people will need to be involved, and thusly only a handful know what the final, secret touches are. I'd personally guess it's a quirk of storage rather than a secret ingredient but then what do I know?

[Syllavus]

Mmmmm... I love worchestershire sauce, secret or not it doesn't matter to me.

[snapdragonfly]

Originally Posted by Syllavus

Mmmmm... I love worchestershire sauce, secret or not it doesn't matter to me.

I don't like the taste of it straight, but it is absolutely indispensible in my meatloaf, chili, sloppy joes, spaghetti, or steak marinade. Those things definitely taste flat to me without it.

[Hans Off]

I am a complete L&P junkie, I go through about 2 bottles a month, especially the extra mature stuff if I can get hold of it....

I would kill for the formula, but I fear it involves some very very old barrels and years of storage!

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