[Food] Do you know what HP, as in the sauce, stands for?

Iggle Piggle

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• Friday at 7:25 PM

• #21

I thought I had no idea

I do, however, know what time the clock was set to on a bottle having - like @Bozza - got that completely wrong at a pub quiz which led me to the right answer.

 

peterward

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• #22

Whatever its called, can't have a full English without it.

 

beorhthelm

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• Friday at 7:28 PM

• #23

Albion my Albion said:

What does the HP in HP sauce stand for?


Houses of Parliament

The HP stands for Houses of Parliament, as depicted on the label, a name Garton gave his invention when he heard that it was seen in one of the House of Commons restaurants. The sauce itself was made from a blend of vinegar, fruit and spices.

Wiki never lies, well, almost never.

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begs the question what was it called before, what did they ask for in the Commons restaurant

 

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5Ways Gull

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• Friday at 7:46 PM

• #24

Hire Purchase? All my furniture is on HP.

Is that right?

 

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backson

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• #25

Heart Problems?

 

chickens

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I have always been dimly aware that there was a scribbly drawing underneath the text of the label, but had never bothered to look at it.

It’s suddenly become clear.

 

Comrade Sam

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• #27

Use to make it in Market Harborough - as in the Spanish fans at the Harborough thread the other day.