[HPFGU-OTChatter] Quiz/Coke, Branston etc

[Amanda Lewanski]

Neil Ward wrote:

> ********Ingredients for Branston Sandwich Pickle: I'm not sure why I'm
> doing this, but here goes... "Vegetables in variable proportion:
> (Carrots, Cauliflower, Gherkin, Marrows, Onions, Rutabaga, Tomatoes),
> Sugar, Vinegar, Dates, Salt, Apple, Modified Starch, Lemon Juice,
> Colour E150d, Spices, Garlic Extract" [Neil moves away from the
> keyboard to begin retching over a bucket]
>
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>
> Ugh. Don't blame you a bit. This reminds me of a scavenger hunt I was
> in on, in my sadly not-very-misspent youth. It covered several days.
> One item was a food containing tamarinds and anchovies. Nobody could
> find it. We were all stumped. Then my boyfriend at the time called me
> one Sunday morning to invite me to a steak breakfast (it was actually
> around 11:30 a.m.; :::sighs for the luxuries of youth:::). And sitting
> at the table in Bennigans, I idly picked up the steak sauce bottle and
> read the ingredients. Tamarinds and anchovies!
>
> I don't remember if we won or not, but nobody else found the steak
> sauce. I think it was A-1, but I don't really remember. Just goes to
> show you that you don't always know what you're eating....
>
> --Amanda, not a big steak sauce fan either
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