What Is Worcestershire Sauce—and How the Heck Is It Pronounced?

RTO · 08-22-2019, 08:26 PM

Fans of Worcestershire, you might not wanna hear this, but your beloved sauce is made with old fish juice.

There’s a lot going on in that bottle of Worcestershire sauce you have in your pantry. You’ll be amazed (and horrified) to learn that its intense, umami flavor comes from a motley crew of ingredients: fermented anchovies, onions, garlic, vinegar, molasses, tamarind paste, salt, sugar, and a seasoning mixture that can include anything and everything, from cloves to mustard seed.

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We always have a bottle of Lea & Perrins in stock.

aviator · 08-22-2019, 10:11 PM

Oh yes, and I use it quite a bit, goes very well on meatloaf and mushroom gravy for Salisbury steaks.

4thIDvet · 08-22-2019, 10:19 PM

O.K. RTO if your with Merc in N.Y. he would say:
"Hey pal pass me dat Wussta sauce dare would yah please."

With Rick in jolly old England:
"I say their old chap can you please pass the Wor chester shire sauce old boy."

Out west in cowboy country:
"Do you have any Wooster sauce?"
"What in the hell is Wooster sauce."

JD Miller · 08-22-2019, 10:55 PM

salt and molasses and lots more salt, and added to that more salt

Bluntforce · 08-23-2019, 07:47 AM

It’s the nineteenth century’s answer to garum. Fermented anchovie juice. The most popular condiment in the Roman Empire. There are videos on YouTube of the factories unearthed that used to make it, modern reproduction manufacture and descriptions of variations. There was spicy to nasty sweet with fennel in it. If fennel, anise and licorice were to exit existence, I’d be happy. Tony and co. wouldn’t.

That Vietnamese fish sauce a lot of you guys probably got a whiff of more than once is the same thing on the other side of the world. When the boat people first showed up two things of note happened. No stray animals for three years straight and a fishy rotten smell over parts of town. Maybe coincidence.

aviator · 08-23-2019, 08:18 AM

Nuoc mam, the Vietnamese fish sauce, it's different, I've smelled it, never tried it, smelling it was bad enough.

baboon · 08-23-2019, 12:51 PM

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Sanders · 08-23-2019, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviator

Nuoc mam, the Vietnamese fish sauce, it's different, I've smelled it, never tried it, smelling it was bad enough.

I keep a bottle of it in the fridge. A little bit goes a long ways. Use it instead of soy sauce on things with an Asian flair.

4thIDvet · 08-23-2019, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanders

I keep a bottle of it in the fridge. A little bit goes a long ways. Use it instead of soy sauce on things with an Asian flair.

Frigging A I use the Thai fish sauce though on all my Chinese food. My buddies Thai wife turned me on to it now I love it. Hey anything fermented for a year in a barrel has to be good.

Oh try Oyster sauce if yah like the fish sauce Sanders. Its boiled down crushed oyster shells whit a few chunks of oysters tossed in. Reduced by like half.
Think they ferment like for around a year also? Do NOT kiss your wife after eating it or the poor lady will faint.

RTO · 08-23-2019, 07:34 PM

My wife keeps fish sauce in stock, smells like a locker room to me. Don't know what she uses it on though.

I do like oyster sauce.

MrKalashnikov · 08-27-2019, 11:03 AM

I always have a bottle on hand. You can't make a real Bloody Mary without it.

08-22-2019, 08:26 PM	#1
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,565	What Is Worcestershire Sauce—and How the Heck Is It Pronounced? Fans of Worcestershire, you might not wanna hear this, but your beloved sauce is made with old fish juice. There’s a lot going on in that bottle of Worcestershire sauce you have in your pantry. You’ll be amazed (and horrified) to learn that its intense, umami flavor comes from a motley crew of ingredients: fermented anchovies, onions, garlic, vinegar, molasses, tamarind paste, salt, sugar, and a seasoning mixture that can include anything and everything, from cloves to mustard seed. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/worc...192538619.html We always have a bottle of Lea & Perrins in stock. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

08-22-2019, 10:11 PM	#2
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,393	Oh yes, and I use it quite a bit, goes very well on meatloaf and mushroom gravy for Salisbury steaks. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

08-22-2019, 10:19 PM	#3
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,412	O.K. RTO if your with Merc in N.Y. he would say: "Hey pal pass me dat Wussta sauce dare would yah please." With Rick in jolly old England: "I say their old chap can you please pass the Wor chester shire sauce old boy." Out west in cowboy country: "Do you have any Wooster sauce?" "What in the hell is Wooster sauce." __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

08-22-2019, 10:55 PM	#4
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,186	salt and molasses and lots more salt, and added to that more salt __________________ .......

08-23-2019, 07:47 AM	#5
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,869	It’s the nineteenth century’s answer to garum. Fermented anchovie juice. The most popular condiment in the Roman Empire. There are videos on YouTube of the factories unearthed that used to make it, modern reproduction manufacture and descriptions of variations. There was spicy to nasty sweet with fennel in it. If fennel, anise and licorice were to exit existence, I’d be happy. Tony and co. wouldn’t. That Vietnamese fish sauce a lot of you guys probably got a whiff of more than once is the same thing on the other side of the world. When the boat people first showed up two things of note happened. No stray animals for three years straight and a fishy rotten smell over parts of town. Maybe coincidence. __________________

08-23-2019, 08:18 AM	#6
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,393	Nuoc mam, the Vietnamese fish sauce, it's different, I've smelled it, never tried it, smelling it was bad enough.

08-23-2019, 12:51 PM	#7
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,307	Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum In the morning, Laughing happy fish heads, In the evening, Floating in the soup, Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum Ask a fish head, Anything you want to, They won't answer, They can't talk Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum I took a fish head, Out to see a movie, Didn't have to pay To get it in Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum They can't play baseball, They don't wear sweaters, There not good dancers, They don't play drums Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum Roly poly fish heads are never seen Drinking cappucino in Italian resturants, With oriental women, yeah Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum, (yum!) Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum Fish heads fish heads, Roly poly fish heads, Fish heads fish heads, Eat them up yum,

08-23-2019, 07:34 PM	#10
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,565	My wife keeps fish sauce in stock, smells like a locker room to me. Don't know what she uses it on though. I do like oyster sauce.

08-27-2019, 11:03 AM	#11
MrKalashnikov Deplorable Join Date: May 2008 Location: Behind The Iron Curtain Posts: 8,059	I always have a bottle on hand. You can't make a real Bloody Mary without it.