What does 'HP' stand for ? ...
What does 'HP' stand for ? ...
06 April 2004, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Numptie
... as in the brown sauce.
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06 April 2004, 01:14 PM
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HP Foods Ltd. has the woeful finances of a Mr F. G. Garton of Nottingham to thank for its existence. Around 1900 he owed Edwin Samson Moore, the owner of the Midland Vinegar Company £150. Moore, a shrewd opportunist, settled for the recipe of a homemade sauce that Garton used to sell in their neighbourhood. The sauce was christened H.P. when someone reputedly saw a bottle in the Houses of Parliament. It captured Moore's imagination wholesale, and a household brand was born.
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06 April 2004, 02:07 PM
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My son has a Beano from a couple of years ago when everyone was going Harry Potter crazy. One of the characters holds a bottle of brown sauce and exclaims "wow, he even has his own sauce!"
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