Wow-Wow Sauce (sometimes referred to as Bow wow sauce) is a
sauce
In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to a dish. ''Sauce'' is a French word t ...
for which the first known recipe was published by
William Kitchiner
William Kitchiner M.D. (1775–1827) was an English optician, amateur musician and cook. A celebrity chef, he was a household name during the 19th century, and his 1817 cookbook, '' The Cook's Oracle'', was a bestseller in the United Kingdom and ...
of London in
1817. It contains
port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...
, wine
vinegar
Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings. Vinegar typically contains 5–8% acetic acid by volume. Usually, the acetic acid is produced by a double fermentation, converting simple sugars to et ...
,
parsley
Parsley, or garden parsley (''Petroselinum crispum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region (Sardinia, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, southern Italy, Greece, Por ...
,
pickled cucumber
A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand) is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or ...
s or
pickled walnuts, English
mustard
Mustard may refer to:
Food and plants
* Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment
* Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment
** Mustard seed, seeds of the mustard p ...
and
mushroom ketchup
Mushroom ketchup is a style of ketchup that is prepared with mushrooms as its primary ingredient. Originally, ketchup in the United Kingdom was prepared with mushrooms as a primary ingredient, instead of tomato, the main ingredient in contemporar ...
in a base of beef stock, flour and butter. A recipe appears in ''
Enquire Within Upon Everything'' (88th edition, 1894).
It is parodied as a sauce of the same name in the ''
Discworld
''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat pla ...
'' novels of
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his ''Discworld'' series of 41 novels.
Pratchett's first nov ...
, in which ingredients including sulphur and saltpetre render it highly explosive. A variant of the above real-world recipe is published in ''
The Discworld Companion
''The Discworld Companion'' is an encyclopaedia of the Discworld fictional universe, created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. Four editions have been published, under varying titles.
The ''Companion'' contains precise definitions of word ...
''
and ''
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' is a recipe book written from the in-world perspective of ''Discworld'' character Nanny Ogg. ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' was written by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan, and illustrated by Paul Kidby
Paul ...
''.
See also
*
References
Further reading
*''The Cook's Oracle'' by Kitchiner
*''The Discworld Companion'' by Pratchett and
Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggs (born 1951) is a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy ''Discworld''. ''The Streets of Ankh-Morpork'', the first Discworld map, was co-designed by Briggs and Pratchett and ...
External links
The recipe in ''The Cook's Oracle''
Sauces
British cuisine
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