Ben, Your palate is uneducated if you have never tasted Bovril !! It is a traditional British product that has been around for more than 100 years. A potent concoction of beef and yeast extracts that result in a thick liquid that visually resembles opaque molasses. It has a very distinctive smell though, which most people find appetizing. It is a sort of concentrate that some people use for making bouillon, others make a savoury drink of it and others like myself, like to spread it on bread and butter or pancakes. Its probably an aquired taste which for me dates back to my early childhood. To some it resembles Marmite, known in Australia as Vegemite, but of course those are vegetable products. Believe me it is an essential part of my camping experience and my Westy goes nowhere without a jar of it !! Hope this fills you in. Steve Cotsford |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.