Halford Leicestershire Table Sauce, also Halford sauce or Leicestershire sauce, was once a common condiment in the US, akin to
catsup
Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and tangy flavor. The unmodified term ("ketchup") now typically refers to tomato ketchup, although early recipes used egg whites, mushrooms, oysters, grapes, mussels, or walnuts, among other ...
or
Worcestershire sauce today.
Bottled in England, this sauce was imported to the United States via Boston. It was used in recipes in the same context as
Worcestershire sauce.
Halford Leicestershire Sauce
/ref> While the company producing it went out of business, because of its previously ubiquitous status in the late 19th century, its bottles are still considered collectable today.
From an article in Donahoe's Magazine, January 1878:
See also
* List of condiments
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