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Two types of steak sauce

A bottle of brown sauce, as defined by British cuisine

In the United States, steak sauce is a generic term used for various premade meat sauces. Most commonly, it refers to sauces served with beef and of western origin. The term "steak sauce" is derived from these sauces often being served with steak in restaurants. A1 Steak Sauce is the most prominent brand sold in the U.S. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 358 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (478 × 800 pixel, file size: 71 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) American versions of brown sauce. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 358 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (478 × 800 pixel, file size: 71 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) American versions of brown sauce. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1921x2953, 1131 KB) A recent bottle of Branstons new Brown Sauce photographed by Dr Paul G Tuli. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1921x2953, 1131 KB) A recent bottle of Branstons new Brown Sauce photographed by Dr Paul G Tuli. ... A.1. ...

In the United Kingdom, similar condiments are known generically as brown sauce, with HP Sauce being one of the best-known brands. There, brown sauce is frequently served with a wide range of foods including bacon sandwiches and pie and mash. The HP Sauce logo HP fruity brown sauce HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce currently produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods. ... Look up bacon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

United States

These sauces are normally brown or orange in color and often made from tomatoes, spices, vinegar, and raisins. Some contain anchovies. The taste is either tart or sweet with a peppery taste similar to Worcestershire sauce, made by Lea & Perrins. A1 is a tart variant, while some other brands, like the regionally notable Cackalacky Classic Condiment Company's Spice Sauce, offer a sweeter and spicier flavor. Along with A1 and Lea & Perrins, several smaller companies and specialty producers manufacture steak sauce. Most major grocery store chains also offer an "in house" brand of this type of sauce as "steak sauce". 1900 advertisement Worcestershire sauce (IPA: (wuster-shur or wuster-sheer)) is a widely used fermented liquid condiment originally manufactured by Lea & Perrins, in Midland Road, Worcester, England. ... 1900 advertisement Lea & Perrins is a United Kingdom food company, originating in Worcester with a subsidiary in the United States which manufactures Lea & Perrins in New Jersey. ... A 5 oz. ...

Often, Worcestershire sauce is referred to as a steak sauce, but it is not thick like other varieties.

Heinz 57 is a steak sauce produced by Heinz. Unlike other steak sauces, it has a distinctive red color and tastes more like ketchup (Heinz advertises the product as "ketchup with a kick", although it had a harsher, some say more robust taste, before the flavor changed in 1985^{[citation needed]}). A few grocery store chains offer this type of sauce in-house under similar names such as "7 sauce". Heinz 57 is a shortened, popular form of the 57 Varieties slogan of Pittsburghs H. J. Heinz Company. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A bottle of Heinz Organic Ketchup Ketchup (or less commonly catsup) also known as Red Sauce or Tomato Sauce is a condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. ...

United Kingdom and Ireland

Brown sauce is a condiment popular in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. There exist a number of different brands and generic versions, of which HP Sauce is the most popular - sales of HP Brown Sauce and HP Fruity Sauce account for around 75% of value sales in the UK (source IRI, June 2006). In some regions of the UK, the Daddies Favourite brand is also popular, in particular in the Midlands and West Country (source, IRI, Mar 07). HP Sauce was launched in 1903, and Daddies Sauce (also known as Daddies Favourite) was launched in 1904. Both brands have existed since the start of the twentieth century. Chef Brown Sauce is the most popular version produced in Ireland. Salt, sugar and pepper are the most essential condiments in Western cuisine. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... The HP Sauce logo HP fruity brown sauce HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce currently produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods. ... HP Sauce is a popular brown sauce produced in Aston, Birmingham, England. ... Daddies is a popular brand of brown sauce in the United Kingdom. ... The HP Sauce logo HP fruity brown sauce HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce currently produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods. ...

A relatively recent addition to the UK brown sauce market is Branston Brown Sauce. Following controversial plans to move production of Heinz's HP Sauce to Holland in 2006, many patriotic sauce aficionados, including UK Member of Parliament David Ruffley, moved allegiance from HP to Branston, which is produced in Bury St. Edmunds, UK. [1]. To date, Branston brown sauce has struggled to gain popularity amongst consumers, accounting for less than 3% of market sales (source, IRI, Feb 2007). In January 2007, Asda stopped stocking the product due to poor sales.^{[citation needed]} A jar of Branston Pickle Branston Pickle is a United Kingdom brand of jarred pickled relish. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The HP Sauce logo HP fruity brown sauce HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce currently produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods. ... David Laurie Ruffley (born 18 April 1962, Bolton) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ...

The recipe for HP Sauce includes a combination of malt vinegar, tomatoes, molasses, dates, tamarind and spices. Other brown sauce brands available in the UK use similar recipes. The HP Sauce logo HP fruity brown sauce HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce currently produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods. ... Vinegar is often infused with spices or herbs—as here, with oregano. ... For other uses, see Tomato (disambiguation). ... Molasses or treacle is a thick syrup by-product from the processing of the sugarcane or sugar beet into sugar. ... Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ... Binomial name Tamarindus indica L. This article refers to the tree – for other uses see Tamarindo (disambiguation). ...

Brown sauce is traditionally eaten with meals and dishes such as Full English breakfasts, bacon sandwiches, chips and baked beans. Around Edinburgh a combination of spirit vinegar and brown sauce, known simply as "sauce" or "chippie sauce", is popular on fish and chips. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... Acetic acid, also known as ethanoic acid, is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3COOH best recognized for giving vinegar its sour taste and pungent smell. ... Fish and chips in modern packaging Fish and chips or fish n chips, is a popular British take-away food, which consists of deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes, traditionally sold wrapped in newspaper. ...

In popular culture

• Chef Brown Sauce features prominently in the 2003 Irish film Intermission starring Cillian Murphy and Colin Farrell. They are seen pouring some over hot coffee.

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Brands of brown sauce

• Branston Brown Sauce
• Chef Brown Sauce
• Daddies
• Hammonds Chop Sauce
• HP Sauce
• Yorkshire Relish

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External links

• brownsauce.org - Website focused on HP brown sauce