Why I use Kikkoman™ brand soy sauce

[astro]

Interesting historical tidbits below. Re soy in L&P some sources say yes and some leave it out as an ingredient.

Worcestershire Sauce

Worcestershire sauce itself is of cross-cultural origins. In 1835, Lord Marcus Sandys, an ex- governor of Bengal, approached chemists John Lea and William Perrins, whose prospering business in Broad Street, Worcester, handled pharmaceutical’s and toiletries as well as groceries. He asked them to make up a sauce from a recipe which he brought back from India. While his lordship was apparently satisfied with the results, Lea and Perrins considered it to be an “unpalatable, red-hot fire-water” and consigned the quantity they had made for themselves to the cellars. During the stocktake-cum-spring clean the following year, they came across the barrel and decided to taste it before discarding it. To their amazement, the mixture had mellowed into an aromatic, piquant and appetising liquid, They hastily purchased the recipe from Lord Sandys and, in 1838, the Anglo-Indian Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce was launched commercially. One of the myriad 19th-century pungent English sauces based on oriental ingredients, it had many imitators sporting pretentious names such as “British Lion” and “Empress of India”. Its exact recipe remains a secret. All that is known is that it includes vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, molasses, tamarind, shallots, anchovies, ginger, chilli, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom.

What’s in there?

The original recipe is closely guarded, but basically consists of anchovies layered in brine, tamarinds in molasses, garlic in vinegar, chilies, cloves, shallots, and sugar. After sitting for two years with periodic stirrings, the mixture is sifted of the solids, and bottled. Now a generic term, Worcestershire sauce is currently manufactured by many different commercial retailers, as well as under the original Lea & Perrins label. -------------

The ingredient that sets Worcestershire sauce apart from most sauces is tamarind, the fruit of Tamarindus indica or Indian date in Arabic. The pods, somewhat resembling a brown pea pod, contain thick, sticky pulp which has a consistency of dates and a spicy date-apricot flavor. Although often referred to as tamarind seed in recipes, it is only the pulp surrounding the seed that is used.

Lea and Perrins history

[Ukulele_Ike]

*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan *
**Not in any decent worcestershire sauce recipes I’ve ever seen. **

You make your own Worcestershire sauce? {insert shocked smiley here}

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike *
**You make your own Worcestershire sauce? {insert shocked smiley here} **

You don’t?? :eek:

[Larry_Mudd]

As for the babe representing Worcestershire sauce, I don’t get it.

Maybe if she were replaced by Bertie Wooster, and Jeeves looking on, slightly disdainfully…

That would make sense.

[Zyada]

*Originally posted by lee *
**The english version did not kill the cat! **

*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan *
**How come the cat doesn’t hang himself in the english subtitle version?

**

Well, maybe this
only applies in the western hemisphere, and in Japan you have to do something else to kill kittens…

And he did it!

[Gyrate]

*Originally posted by Zyada *
**Well, maybe this
only applies in the western hemisphere, and in Japan you have to do something else to kill kittens…

And he did it! **

And this is what they do with them…

[mobo85]

For some reason, the English version was changed.Here’s the original English version, without smoking disclaimer and with hanging cat.

And I can’t forget Kikko-Man’s arch-enemies, Banana and Shrimp.

And Larry Mudd, what in the name of P.G. Wodehouse do Jeeves and Wooster have to do with Worcestershire sauce?

[Chef_Troy]

Ye gods, do the Japanese really put soy sauce on bananas?

[Ukulele_Ike]

You don’t??

[Gyrate]

*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike *
**Interesting side-thought on the “Kikko-Man in bed with Worcestershire Girl” sequence. You guys all know that soy goes into Worcestershire sauce, right? **

Yes, but did he use a condiment?

<rimshot>

[sailor]

Let us explain.
Kikko punch
The power of the punch which
comes form Kikkoman’s unnecessarily-built
body is far more than what you imagine.
In addition.since Kikkoman is always using
his gloves for brewingsoysauce,you’d be
itchy when you get punched by him!

unnecessarily-built. You can say that again. The guy has a fish for a head and a penis for an ear.

>> Yes, but did he use a condiment?

She mede him use it. She didn’t want the itch

[ninevah]

*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike *
**Interesting side-thought on the “Kikko-Man in bed with Worcestershire Girl” sequence. You guys all know that soy goes into Worcestershire sauce, right? **

Did anyone pick up the small caption when these two are in bed? It said, “Don’t try this at home” (the same caption as when Kikko-man is hanging off the fish blimp)… :eek:
Personally, I’m grateful the soy sauce is only shooting from his head and not anywhere else!

[RTFirefly]

I never Kikkoman when he’s down.

D&R

[Maeglin]

This makes me so glad I use Yamasa.