Title: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: Andy Zarse on May 15, 2006, 06:36:34 pm
As BigH has pointed out elsewhere, I'm having a mare today. He don't know the half of it. I've only just found out about this and I'm so angry I can hardly catch my breath.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/10/nsauce10.xml
I certainly hope my fellow Arnagers are as aghast and absolutely flummoxed by this crazy decision. Setting aside nostalgia, memories of the "Great Vinegar Pipe Fracture of 1965", my eye's weeping in the cold morning air waiting for the bus outside the old Ansell's brewery before they demolished it to make way for the Mercedes dealers, I want to ask one simple question:
How the fu-ck can you have Aston Relish fu-cking made in fu-cking Holland?
Now Holland is a fine country; modern, tolerant, outward looking and flat. But it is not, nor will it ever be, the home of HP sauce. No, HP is quintessentially British. Foreign sauce? Never!
Before the war, my grandfather used to drive a tanker lorry delivering molasses to the factory. There was an old boy who worked there whose job it was to stir the simmering vats of black magic with a long wooden paddle. Apparently he was "puddled in the yed" and used to spit his tobacco and slother into the steaming concoction. The Dutch will never get it to taste the same. Sure they can have a dyjke spitting skunk into the vats but it's not the same is it?
It's about time we stopped being the world's doormat and at least put up a spiritted fight against this sort of thing. I fully understand modern economics but it's ripping the soul out of all of us.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/10/nsauce10.xml
I certainly hope my fellow Arnagers are as aghast and absolutely flummoxed by this crazy decision. Setting aside nostalgia, memories of the "Great Vinegar Pipe Fracture of 1965", my eye's weeping in the cold morning air waiting for the bus outside the old Ansell's brewery before they demolished it to make way for the Mercedes dealers, I want to ask one simple question:
How the fu-ck can you have Aston Relish fu-cking made in fu-cking Holland?
Now Holland is a fine country; modern, tolerant, outward looking and flat. But it is not, nor will it ever be, the home of HP sauce. No, HP is quintessentially British. Foreign sauce? Never!
Before the war, my grandfather used to drive a tanker lorry delivering molasses to the factory. There was an old boy who worked there whose job it was to stir the simmering vats of black magic with a long wooden paddle. Apparently he was "puddled in the yed" and used to spit his tobacco and slother into the steaming concoction. The Dutch will never get it to taste the same. Sure they can have a dyjke spitting skunk into the vats but it's not the same is it?
It's about time we stopped being the world's doormat and at least put up a spiritted fight against this sort of thing. I fully understand modern economics but it's ripping the soul out of all of us.
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: Fran on May 15, 2006, 07:40:46 pm
No doubt it will end up as "Orange Sauce" ::)
Wasnt it also the Dutch who raped n pillaged the Boddies factory up here in Manc?
Dont be fooled by their happy go lucky relaxed appearance.....they will have their flagpole planted before you can say "heb ik al" !! :-\
Wasnt it also the Dutch who raped n pillaged the Boddies factory up here in Manc?
Dont be fooled by their happy go lucky relaxed appearance.....they will have their flagpole planted before you can say "heb ik al" !! :-\
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: johnevans3 on May 15, 2006, 08:07:19 pm
As noted in the article, Heinz said that there would be no changes and now there will be. In the last US Presidential race, John Kerry, husband of the Heinz conglomorate heir, was known as a flip flopper. So this is nothing new. Anything these people say is going to be a different story next time around.
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: LangTall on May 15, 2006, 08:21:31 pm
Boy do I feel welcome around here all for a sudden. ::)
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: knetter on May 15, 2006, 09:17:07 pm
No doubt it will end up as "Orange Sauce" ::)
Wasnt it also the Dutch who raped n pillaged the Boddies factory up here in Manc?
Dont be fooled by their happy go lucky relaxed appearance.....they will have their flagpole planted before you can say "heb ik al" !! :-\
Wasnt it also the Dutch who raped n pillaged the Boddies factory up here in Manc?
Dont be fooled by their happy go lucky relaxed appearance.....they will have their flagpole planted before you can say "heb ik al" !! :-\
Heb ik al!!! ;D
Did you know we also took over Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont. We are taking over the world, muuhahahahahaha, muhahahahaha
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: nickliv on May 15, 2006, 09:19:00 pm
Just look after it, and we will all get along swimmingly.
However, I'm going to stock up on the british stuff and flog it on ebay.
Personally I was more traumatised when the branston pickle factory burnt down.
However, I'm going to stock up on the british stuff and flog it on ebay.
Personally I was more traumatised when the branston pickle factory burnt down.
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: rcutler on May 15, 2006, 11:10:24 pm
They are even trying to take over MB!!!!
Title: Re: A Black Day for Brown Sauce
Post by: Robbo SPS on May 15, 2006, 11:14:54 pm
Some things in this country really have gone to the shiter.
