Poll for the Brits, Branston Smooth.

requiem_for_a_starfury · Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:03 pm

You've seen those adverts, some brown sauce is seductively poored of a plate of chips, only it's not HP it's Branston Pickle in a squeezable bottle. Have they gone too far? Branston Sandwich, or whatever it was called was bad enough with it's little icky bicky pieces of pickle, but does Branston Smooth have any bits in it at all?

Damn it's just not Branston without those great big chunks in it! Another pillar of British life crumbles, *sigh* whatever will the Branston Smooth generation grow up like?

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:14 pm

You know, I've never even been to England and I think they've gone too far.

Brantson Smooth. I like saying that name. Branston Smooth.

Cheers

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:15 pm

So...whats Branston Smooth? I'm intrigued.

Doyle · Post by **Doyle** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:22 pm

It's brown sauce. Kind of the english equivalent of ketchup, I gather.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:28 pm

Branston Pickle is like...some zombie pickle juice. I dunno. HP sauce is brown sauce, ketchup is just ketchup?

I haven't seen branston smooth I BETTER KEEP AN I OUT!

requiem_for_a_starfury · Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:39 pm

Doyle wrote:It's brown sauce. Kind of the english equivalent of ketchup, I gather.

No we have ketchup. Branston Pickle is or I should say was a spicy mixture of crisp pickled vegtables, usually served with cold meats and salads. HP Sauce is a brown sauce made from fuit, I've been told by an American friend it's a lot like a tangy steak sauce.

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:42 pm

Damnit, now I have a taste for Branson Smooth. Like my mouth is watering, but maybe I'm just hungry.

...and when you said chips, I got a hankering for fish and chips...

Someone grab a pic of this stuff...brown sauce with green pickle bits...

Blarg!

Doyle · Post by **Doyle** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:12 am

requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:No we have ketchup.

I figured that, but I was referring more to the common usage of the condiment than the recipe. Some people here put ketchup on just about everything, and I've heard that's the case with brown sauce, too.

requiem_for_a_starfury · Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:25 am

Doyle wrote:
requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:No we have ketchup.
I figured that, but I was referring more to the common usage of the condiment than the recipe. Some people here put ketchup on just about everything, and I've heard that's the case with brown sauce, too.

We have both sorts of people

about 50/50, most though only have it on their bacon sarnies, and it can cause a fair amount of trouble at work when you go out for a sandwich run at work and bring back the wrong amount of each. We even have people who won't eat anything unless there's salad cream to go with it. Though salad cream on ready salted crisps is quite nice, but messy eaten straight from the crisp packet.

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:37 am

YR is the best relish there is!! yummy with rashers on toast, and a really hot cuppa

swordinstone · Post by **swordinstone** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:53 am

is it anything like nutella? (sp?) I think i was told it was popular in australia, and since they seem to borrow a lot of culture from england, maybe you've heard of it too.

Lunchmeat · Post by **Lunchmeat** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:55 am

Nutella is chocolate hazelnut spread. It's got the consistency of smooth peanut butter.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:55 am

If it's anything like breakfast in a british hotel, then it's puke.

I can't believe the crap we were served... yuck...

requiem_for_a_starfury · Fri Jun 13, 2003 2:16 am

swordinstone wrote:is it anything like nutella? (sp?) I think i was told it was popular in australia, and since they seem to borrow a lot of culture from england, maybe you've heard of it too.

Yeah Nutella is chocolate, I think you're thinking of Marmite, which I think the Aussies call vegimite but no it's nothing like that, it's sweeter. Marmite is a savory and a very, very aquired taste you either hate or love it and I hate it, though funny enough I love twiglets.

Smiley wrote:If it's anything like breakfast in a british hotel, then it's puke.

I can't believe the crap we were served... yuck...

Where did you stay and what did you have? Nothing can beat the good old Full English for breakfast. Fried eggs, fried bread, fried mushrooms, grilled bacon rashers, a couple of bangers, grilled tomatoes, baked beans, black pudding with plenty of Ketchup and a pot of tea. Yum, damn I'm hungry now and it's only 2.12am 4 hrs to go until breakfast.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 2:20 am

I could go for a big bowl of A1 steak sauce right about now. Maybe a side of some random liquified animal organ for that "British" flavor.

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:13 am

marmite is the (kind of0 more solid form of Bovril ... which is like treacle, which is like tar

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:46 am

requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:Where did you stay and what did you have? Nothing can beat the good old Full English for breakfast. Fried eggs, fried bread, fried mushrooms, grilled bacon rashers, a couple of bangers, grilled tomatoes, baked beans, black pudding with plenty of Ketchup and a pot of tea. Yum, damn I'm hungry now and it's only 2.12am 4 hrs to go until breakfast.

Now that sounds delicious!

We've stayed at three different hotels. All three served bread from a week before along with just... well... it wasn't worth eating at all.

requiem_for_a_starfury · Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:59 am

Smiley wrote:Now that sounds delicious!

We've stayed at three different hotels. All three served bread from a week before along with just... well... it wasn't worth eating at all.

Hmm can't imagine what that was, mostly you get either the Full English, kippers, kedgerie, fresh bread and jam or the continental breakfast.

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 11:26 am

sounds like smiley stayed at fawlty towers

requiem_for_a_starfury · Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:48 pm

Either there or at Crossroads.