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Where to get your Rich and Fruity Sauce

[Update: Turns out that nearly every single link in this post was all kinds of broken, and the formatting killed my RSS feed. Everything's been fixed now. Apologies.]

Ian posted about a British food store which, in addition to its physical location(s), has a presence on the web.

I'm really excited about this because I was starting to get frustrated about American stores not carrying some of my favorite British products:

- Bennet Opie Pickled Walnuts - The pickled peanuts are good too, but nothing beats an Opie Pickled Walnut

- Bisto Original Powder - This is really the best powder that you can buy anywhere, and it sure beats the poorly executed "Bisto Powder Mark II"

- Branston Rich and Fruity Sauce - This is a life saver because I was getting sick of going out for dinner just to find out that my favorite restaurants didn't have any rich and fruity sauce. I'd be all like, "What in the hell kind of a place is this? No fruity sauce?!? What do you expect me to put on my Norfolk Manor Pickled Cockles? Shippams Bloater Paste?!? Are you trying to make me sick? Everybody knows bloater paste is meant for fruity malt loaf, but only a perverted weirdo would try to put it on pickled cockles. I supposed next you're going to want me to eat my Bisto Chicken Gravy Granules without any Coleman's Creamy Seafood Sauce."

- Aunt Bessie's Bubble and Squeak - Sometimes I'm in the mood for bubble, and sometimes I just want squeak - fortunately, for the times when I want both, and when I want them the way Aunt Bessie used to make them, I'm in luck

- Batchelors Peas - If there's one thing about Batchelors, it's their ability to weild marketing images in such a way that you practically have to eat their food - for example, who could possibility resist the tempting sound of a can of "Batchelors Bigga Processed Peas" or "Batchelors Mushy Peas"? - I mean, what consumer doesn't like to have the words "processed" and "mushy" written in big letters on their foodstuffs?

- Bird's Angel Delight Banana - After every meal comes dessert, and there's nothing I like more than a nice helping of Bird's Angel Delight Banana - You know what they say: "If your angel delight banana doesn't have a photo of a 13 year old boy with a gigantic waxed carnie moustache on the box, then it isn't Bird's angel delight banana!"

- Nurse Harvey's Gripe Water - Don't forget to relax at the end of the day with a pint of this stuff, and remember to keep your eyes open for "Nurse Harvey's Gripe Water - Low Carb Edition" which is right around the corner

I'd better stop there. This could easily go on all night...

Published Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:08 AM by Rory

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paul said:

Stick to fresh fruit and vegetables to avoid that pasty British complexion.
August 4, 2004 1:43 PM
 

Ian said:

Hey buddy, you've not lived until you've experienced Pork Bangers (http://www.buybritish.net/britstore/customer/product.php?productid=19104&cat=284&page=1) or Brains Faggots (http://et.stok.co.uk/articles/1079-3.html)

The Angel delight butterscotch is the best btw..
August 4, 2004 7:03 PM
 

Tony M said:

<a href="http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/HUMDOG_KITS.htm">Well, we British do have appallingly bad taste</a>
August 4, 2004 10:57 PM
 

Ian said:

Tony - oh man, I want one of those!

Rory - on the bright side your dog is only crapping everywhere..
August 4, 2004 11:22 PM
 

Rory said:

Ian -

"Rory - on the bright side your dog is only crapping everywhere.."

Actually, my dog has become an arm-raping sexual deviant.

When I saw the dog humping kit in Tony's link, my first thought was about how cool it would be if I could take Castro's battery out while he's attempting to mate with my forearm. It looks like you can do that with the toy hump dog.

The only problem, it turns out, is that Castro doesn't run on batteries, and my arm is probably going to have to continue having relations with him until we can finally "fix" him in about five months.
August 4, 2004 11:57 PM
 

TomB said:

My understanding is that the arm hump isn't sexual but rather a power thing. When the dog does that you're supposed to hold him down. Then he knows who's boss. Unless, you prefer to be your dogs hump toy.

August 6, 2004 10:27 AM
 

anonymouse said:

Why don't you buy one of those toys and "introduce" it to Castro?
August 6, 2004 2:01 PM
 

Mike Dimmick said:

I guess this is one of those sites that makes sense if you already know what they're selling.

The Rich and Fruity Sauce is I presume a variety of brown sauce similar to HP Sauce (http://www.buybritish.net/britstore/customer/product.php?productid=18482&cat=270&page=7), which is obviously preferable in a bacon sandwich to tomato ketchup (http://www.londoneats.com/news/pastpollresults.asp?PollID=10). Branston are better known for their pickle.

Bubble and Squeak is a main course made from left-over cabbage, potato and sometimes also meat. The fact that you can now buy preprepared Bubble and Squeak is somewhat ironic.

See also Old Scrote's guide to English food - http://www3.mistral.co.uk/apbw/english1.htm.

I have no idea what Gripe Water is, and I don't want to know either. I think it's something medicinal, though.
August 6, 2004 9:41 PM
 

Anonymous said:

August 6, 2004 10:54 PM
 

Ian said:

Duh - the last one was my fat fingered cousin, iron.

Gripe water - yep, to cure colicky babies.

HP sauce.. MMM.
August 6, 2004 10:59 PM
 

Darrel said:

Steak puddings are my personal favourite. A real shame they never made it across the pond. Hell, I'm not sure they ever made it south of Birmingham!
August 8, 2004 12:49 PM
 

Anonymous said:

"Steak puddings are my personal favourite"

Aye - steak pudding 'n chips - champion.
August 8, 2004 1:05 PM
 

Daveo said:

Ambrosia Devon Custard (cold) on sliced banana mmmmm
August 9, 2004 1:20 AM
 

Ian said:

Welcome to Rory's food network..

My cat loves ambrosia custard - he used to go crazy when ever I opened a can. That may explain his 'big boned' stature, but heh - I'm a sucker for a begging cat.

Ambrosia/Bananas - nice combo!
August 9, 2004 5:01 AM
 

Ryan Roberts said:

Ok, this is wierd. Being a Brit I have never considered Branston Pickle or Angel Delight an exotic foodstuff.

People don't eat most of that stuff over here anymore anyway. Where I live you can't get more than 20 feet away from a Panini toaster / jar of sun blushed tomatoes.

If you have never tried fried http://www.buybritish.net/britstore/customer/search.php?substring=black+pudding and onion sandwiches, you really should. Just don't think too hard about what it's made from :)

August 9, 2004 10:25 AM
 

Anonymous said:

Lemon Curd...mmmmmm
August 9, 2004 6:30 PM
 

Barry Dorrans said:

Yea, if you don't have butterscotch angel delight as your top flavour then eating all those taco bells, rocky mountain oysters, bagels and other american "treats" have destroyed your taste bugs :)
August 11, 2004 8:47 PM
 

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TrackBack said:

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August 8, 2004 4:56 AM
 

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September 8, 2004 4:30 PM
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