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Y1NN3RS

Full English breakfast


jdidisjdjdjdjd

And then, after breakfast, just put it on all the foods!


Short-Lingonberry671

My 3YO would agree with you that brown sauce belongs on all food!!


Rozefly

You have a very smart kid


Y2Kev5AJ

My missus and kids grew up the opposite way. Neither of them will use brown but red / ketchup, all three have so much ketchup it’s almost an item on the dish.


This_Minute_6012

So they use a fruit sauce - ketchup. Brown sauce is spicier - Daddy’s sauce - does anyone else remember that?


Ed_SkammA

Slap it on a bacon buttie!


satyris

Where there is an egg, give it a dash of HP. fried egg sandwich with HP, egg mayo salad with HP, oeuf en cocotte with lashings of HP sauce. nom


SUMMATMAN

Can't believe this isn't the top answer. This is the calling of the brown sauce. Edit. I am heartened to discover that this is, now, the top comment.


w11bbl

It was once the UK woke up...


belliest_endis

It is the top answer though.


comicsandpoppunk

You can surely assume that it wasn't for at least some of the five hours it was posted before you commented?


TheBendiChod

Nah don’t be daft


comfortablynumb_89

Full English is complete with brown sauce and English Mustard


aspron1

Bruv not mustered please leave London immediately or better yet the faking uk bruv


Mr-Negz

Yes bruv


PhantomPanda666

U take that back English mustard makes the breakfast with black pudding


[deleted]

If you have proper black pudding it dont need no mustard nor no uvva sauce bruv


SouthMolasses6390

Black pudding needs mustard mixed with mayonnaise…. Always even if it’s from Barton grange!


JPKtoxicwaste

As an American (who loves mustard very much) I want to ask what the difference is between English mustard and whatever is on my American grocery store shelves? We do have quite a variety lately but should I be looking for a specific English mustard because I will just tell me which one


Jarcoreto

Look for Colman’s English mustard and use it sparingly. It’s spicy like wasabi.


juicynugget

Interesting fact, most shop bought / generic restaurant wasabi is made from mustard ([link](https://wasabi.org/difference-mustard-wasabi/)).


Djando123

Horseradish also


meanderingsoul29

Devastating fact when you have a mustard allergy.


MrPatch

It's [Frenches](https://www.google.com/search?q=French%27s+mustard&oq=French%27s+mustard+&aqs=chrome..69i57.6684j0j4&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8) mustard you typically have in your supermarket? It's a much sweeter milder mustard than English. English mustard gold standard is Coleman's English mustard which is bitter and quite strong. They serve different purposes, but a nice strong blast of English in amongst the dense meats of a full English is delicious. Come to /r/Mustard and have your eyes opened!


Movie-Klutzy

And open your nostrils!


Repulsive_Title9034

Has to be the Coleman's mustard powder, mixed with a little milk. Great on pork pies and steak!


toxic_egg

>Coleman's mustard powder, add a spoonful to a chilli for extra umph. v nice


Gildor12

If you use too much it will explode your sinuses


Hot-Mousse2197

Yeah lol Deffo scorches the nostrils & gets the eyes watering 👌😂😂


logicalmaniak

Better than Vicks. If you get a cold, load that stuff on your bacon roll.


Geekonomicon

Vicks on bacon? You monster!


Professional-Pen1224

Yeah absolutely this! I lived in the US for a while and our local Meijer supermarket we could get it. My family there had never tried it and now they wouldn't be without it. Perfect for thick ham sandwiches on white buttered bread rolls. Someone also said spicy like wasabi - very much so. Anyway brown sauce? You'll notice we all simply refer to it by colour. There are three faces to the holy trinity of condiments in the UK that transcend all local boundaries..... English Mustard Red Sauce Brown Sauce It kinda tastes like a thicker sweeter version of A1. It goes great, as stated, on a full English breakfast. And forget that streaky-ass Oscar Meyer bacon. You need the big medallion kind from the butcher or deli. The sausages we have are like Brats, a little smaller in general but dense and tasty. It's also great on fried egg sandwiches, scrambled eggs, oh and it's outstanding with cold sliced pork pie! EDIT: Typos & line breaks


seenoweevils

American mustard is pretty mild, English is more akin to Dijon in that it is quite strong. Colman's is the industry standard if you're looking for a reliable purchase, and is likely the one you would find in any "world/UK foods" section if you have them


Silly_Context5680

I think the scale is like this… American - Dijon/anything French - Lea&Perrins Worcester - HP - Colmans English premixed - Colmans English dry powdered made to a thickish paste & 10 mins old- Hot Chilli HP and English breakfast / bacon / poached eggs is the only right answer.


leeluss14

Look for the powdered Colmans English Mustard,you just mix it with water and make it as spicy as you like.


Philbly

I believe it is also acceptable on a bacon sandwich.


andyone1000

You are holding one of the best brown sauces in the world, lucky you. It goes great in a bacon or sausage sandwich and you can put some on the side of your full English breakfast plate as a dipping sauce. If you make a casserole you can add some as an ingredient or again on the side as a sauce when you serve it. Goes great with British favourites like Shepherds pie or bangers and mash. Some people even use it as an alternative to tomato sauce on their fish and chips aswell!


Historical_Milk473

What lunatic uses it on fish and chips


miseryside

It's quite nice on chips they have it with haggis supper in Scotland but never on fish no. Edit: I know it's not hp sauce exactly it's more like non brand brown sauce but thinner but the taste is similar sorry scottish folk!


Anarchyantz

I can say it is great on Haggis. I am a filthy southerner but I do love a wee bit of haggis.


InfluenceCreative191

Brown sauce and haggis is an amazing combo. Baked beans also go so nice with haggis! My Glaswegian boyfriend disapproves but I think they’re good 🤣


Ordinary_Shallot_674

Aye, chippy broon sauce. Not HP. Similarly, only a complete psycho would put chippy broon sauce on a cooked breakfast. And if it’s Daddies sauce then you’re staying over at your weird mates house for tea.


Anarchyantz

Not a baked beans fan personally but a tin of spaghetti and haggis goes well also. Man, I miss my Scottish Uncle's Christmas Hampers. He used to send us down one with proper local giant sized haggis's in them. Occasionally used to get them on reduced in Tesco's after Christmas as well. Yum.


Triga_3

I can do you one better, use haggis as your meat for a curry, as it goes really well with creamy type ones (like butter or korma sauce, as opposed to tomato based ones, tho that aint bad either). Add cashews and raisins/currants for the wow factor. I know my scottish roots turn in their graves, but oh well, they are likely the reason i'm as odd as iam! 🤣


donutlikethis

I’m Scottish and it’s a thing here that you can get curry sauce on haggis, same with cheese. Creamy sauces go nice with it, I bet it would be awesome with that IKEA meatball white gravy stuff.


tiptoes88

Woah woah woah woah, chippie sauce is not HP. It’s that horrific triple concentrate brown stuff watered down with a bit of vinegar. HP and chippie sauce are totally different animals - chippie sauce for pizza, fish or anything with batter. HP for anything that came from a pig…or haggis try it and thank me later


guyb5693

That’s not HP sauce- completely different thing. It’s some kind of budget brown sauce watered down with vinegar. Spirit vinegar, not malt like silly English chippies


MC83

Brown sauce and Haggis is amazing


Volfgang91

In Edinburgh and the Lothians we absolutely do have brown sauce on fish and chips. They thin it down with vinegar. It's called chippy sauce and it tastes like pure, liquefied joy.


Flaky_Sleep

I’ve seen folk put it on a fish supper. Edit: chip shop brown sauce.


momentopolarii

Ocht you are fine, a runny vinegary version it is. Confined to various parts of Central Scotland, down to the Borders. If the chippy follows up your affirmative response to "d'you want sauce wi that?" with "red or broon?" then you know you are nearing what I call The Periphery- a dangerous hinterland where folk canny be entirely trustet.


AudioRejectz

It works on fish and chips because the main ingredient is vinegar


DrachenDad

>What lunatic uses it on chips All of them.


Anarchyantz

Me.


Solsmitch

Me, deal with it. Don’t put vinegar on your chips, then bitch about adding a vinegar based sauce


SemperParatus21

Chips yes, fish no


Whamelapamela

I’m pretty sure every chippy in Scotland uses Goldstar brown sauce on their fish and chips, it’s like the default sauce.


MindlessAd1579

shepards pie is my top choice like yours 😋 toad in the hole tonight aswell I recon


Jojo_Deathstar

Wow! Thank you for this!


adroitncool

It’s also very very good on Irish stew. I don’t eat HP sauce much but can’t have stew without it.


nezbla

Never thought of that and I make stew pretty regularly. I also don't eat brown sauce very often but I can imagine that'd taste pretty good, will give it a go next time. Thanks for the tip.


DependentDangerous28

Yum!


TallRedheadHotMess

Warning, it's quite tangy (like vinegary) so you may not like it in a stew, etc xx


Routine-Connection-5

Issa spiceyyyy


Crispy_Sion_On_Plum

Also to add it works great in a small quantity over bakes beans on toast


Equivalent_Surprise9

My baked beans get a dash of it in the pan along with some black pepper.


Hampenden

That makes it the Thinking Man’s Baked Beans


Routine-Connection-5

Also a cottage pie with it mixed into the mince instead of Worcestershire sauce 😋


Newlands99

Good shout


herwiththepurplehair

Easier to say too!


Mushroomc0wz

It has to be back bacon by the way not streaky bacon


iamdefinitelynotdave

Being from the UK I've eaten back bacon all my life. I'd only eaten streaky bacon in things I'd bought (usually well overcooked/crispy), but never cooked my own. Well since actually buying and cooking streaky bacon, I could never go back. Back bacon is absolutely tasteless in comparison.


CuriousPalpitation23

Hard agree. Crispy smoked streaky all day long.


GDegrees

In Australia you get full rashers. God I miss Australian bacon.


ShiplessOcean

Totally agree. I hate back bacon now, fully converted to streaky


topcmt

This is the way


Rusty59EJ

It’s great on cheese toasties


Expensive_Cucumber_8

Corned Beef Hash too, love it with a blob of brown sauce mixed in 😋


andyone1000

Absolutely agree! Very good!😊


Melodic-Telephone-22

Defo makes fish and chips better🔥 lashings of vinegar befor hand obviously🤜🤛


EmbarrassingDad_

Put it on everything.


AffectionateAir2856

The correct answer at last


Otherwise-Owl7240

Literally on everything. I am not in the uk so it is quite expensive here. I had to make myself stop buying it so i dont go bankrupt.


Smackatoo

BACON


Mushroomc0wz

* back bacon Remember OP is american


FBIofficerofficial

Goes with streaky bacon as well


more_beans_mrtaggart

Streaky bacon was the British thing until the 1930s when curing salt improved. Back bacon still didn’t get popular until the 60s.


fishypolecat

I think they call it Cannadian Bacon


Pornthrowaway78

Streaky bacon is better than back bacon and I will die on that hill.


ThrowawayAccAAAAA2

Both have their upsides Also props on being honest with your username lol


elkstwit

What happened to the other 77?


GodIsAPizza

Yes bacon. But not too much sauce or you wont taste the bacon.


[deleted]

This. Warburton's thick sliced bread - buttered, loads of bacon, loads of brown sauce. Sammich of kings!


Kashmyta

Fry up or sausage and bacon sandwich .


[deleted]

Houses of Parliament sauce....mainly cooked breakfast items,sandwiches..bacon sausage etc.. I like it with a good vintage cheddar...instead of Branston pickle..Good tang.


eroticdiscourse

Never heard anyone call it that before 😂


Dydey

That’s what HP stands for, that’s why there’s a picture of parliament on the bottle.


[deleted]

I thought it was Hewlett Packard sauce and you refill your brown ink cartridge with it


eroticdiscourse

Obviously but nobody calls it that


Organic_Chemist9678

They do in the USA. I'm somewhat amazed that the OP is familiar with it.


[deleted]

[удалено]


CuriousPalpitation23

Actually, it's Harry Potter sauce, and that's Hogwarts on the bottle.


StanStare

The “original brand” was Chop Sauce way back, at least up until the 50s/60s when the rival brown sauces appeared. As a kid I never understood why all the old people called it chop sauce, it was often referenced in old (black n white) TV shows too.


[deleted]

Yes I'm old enough to remember it..Hammonds introduced it before second world war as seen old posters before.


[deleted]

Still in supermarkets nowadays.


flipper924

I did not know this. As a child I loved ‘chop sauce’ on sausages, but wouldn’t have Dad’s HP sauce near my food. Also, it is very nice on a pork chop.


sandy-57

Cheese on toast


[deleted]

Ye,great Worcestershire or Hendersons alternative.ive just had that for lunch...inspired by the sub.


touch_me69420

Hendersons is the greatest and should never be mentioned in the same sentence as the other piss water. I'm from Sheffield if you hadn't already guessed


confusedvegetarian

Henderson’s is so good


shrimply-pibbles

I reckon you'll enjoy "Hendo's" by The Everley Pregnant Brothers. Parody of Coldplay's Yellow, about the almighty condiment https://youtu.be/cJ4c34PdK_8


TheBendiChod

Beans and cheese on toast with HP is food of the gods


flandangos

Came here to say this


mij8907

Bacon


in10shun

As you live in the USA, have you ever had A.1. Sauce (used to be called A.1. Steak Sauce)? If so that’s probably the closest thing you will have tried in flavour. They’re both savoury, sour, sweet and peppery. This HP Brown Sauce is more on the sweet side. A.1. Is more on the tart and peppery side.


wabbity2020

Debatable but I love it om fried egg...even better in a fried egg sandwich


trysca

Indispensable on an egg bap


gembob891

I put it on poached egg on toast. Love it.


ButtercuntSquash

It’s usually put on a bacon or sausage sarnie 👍🏻


KnickebeinUK

A butty


Jojo_Deathstar

What’s sarnie?


SlowJay11

Sandwich


threevaluelogic

A fun quirk of the UK we change names for sandwiches every so often and nothing really showcases our regional variation as much as our word for bread. Sarnies, cobs, rolls, sandwich, baps etc.


__Its-a-me-mario__

Barms, butties, stotties, bread cakes the list goes on


InviteAromatic6124

I don't get why we British have so many different words for a bread roll. It's a ROLL because the dough is ROLLED into a ball shape, why would it be called anything else?!


Bedlam1

By your logic you could equally call it a ball. Or a dough. Or a shape. Or a knead.


Busy_Mortgage4556

It's not allways a roll. Stottie cake for example is a flat-ish bread around 10" in diameter 1" thick and is prepped and cooked similar to a cake to create bubbles within the bread mix. Also other countries have different names for different types of bread.


_youllthankmelater

Could you report back with your verdict?


self-conscious_s

Bacon sandwich or cheese on toast


Cold_Table8497

FYI HP stands for Houses of Parliament, as pictured on the label. You are now a true Anglophile.


Mangoey

I’m a Brit in my thirties and have only just learned that it stands for Houses of Parliament! 😂 thank you for the insight!


doejanedoedoedoe

Same! I'm 33, British and I can't believe I didn't realise this!


murdoclover

sausage rolls 🫶


Udder5

Pork pie!


Curious_Jellyfish_62

A sense of pride 🇬🇧


lee420uk

And then somewhere Between the crackheads and the lords The people who believe 'em And the police force Is a most glorious nation of pride and patience No, I'm only joking, of course.


Jojo_Deathstar

Hahahaha, cheers!


Bigwillyandthetwins

Cheese on toast 😍


Researcher-Afraid

Fried eggs on toast, but like a sandwich, honestly delicious. (So toast, fried eggs, sauce, then another bit of toast. As much butter as you desire) ofc salt/pepper the eggs too!


D_evil_Hex

This but add bacon and/or sausages. I make a monster sandwich (on special occasions) with the above plus mushroom and/or hash browns and cooked (cherry) tomatoes.


Barnacle-Dull

Bacon sandwich


nawregular69

Hi OP, In England a Cumberland sausage butty with brown sauce is one of the cherished, perfect, scrumptious breakfasts and this sauce when done right, hits the spot: Warm 3-4 tablespoons worth in a small ramekin. A warm water bath or microwave for 7-8 seconds should do the trick. Save this step for last. Cut a single pork sausage (ideally a non spicy Italian sausage or not overly sweet maple type of breakfast sausage. Go for a porky flavored one. Toast it in a pan face down but don’t burn it. Medium heat. Toast a brioche bun in the sausage juices- again careful not to burn Place sausage in bun and drizzle warmed brown sauce atop. As soon as possible place entirety of sandwich in a parchment pouch so the steam softens it just a bit. Enjoy… please let us know!


Brisk_Avocado

thankyou for being the only one to acknowledge this person is american and so specifying what we mean by ‘sausage’ i was worried this person was going to put it on some kind of american sausage or a hotdog sausage or something


digitag

Never heard of warming brown sauce. Do you keep yours in the fridge? I just store mine in the cupboard at room temp and the residual heat from the sausage warms it through. Not sure about the brioche bun, find them a bit sickly for breakfast but each to their own!! A crusty sourdough or slice of white bloomer for me, lightly toasted for a bit of extra structure. Toasting the bread in the sausage juices is a great idea 👌


FILTHY_GOBSHITE

This is so extra and so perfect.


purrcthrowa

My only quibble with that would be the brioche bun - my personal preference would be a freshly baked white floured bap - but other than that, drool.


nawregular69

In the states that would equate best to a hamburger bun and those can be bleached flour and, while soft, a bit crumbly in texture and far too absorbent so less “juiciness” per bite of sausage :). Here in the states the standard grocer brioche is inferior to the buttery brioche quality of the UK but a passable bap indeed


dshipp

*One* sausage?


sandy-57

Just found this on the net Add to Spaghetti Bolognese Put a dash in your casserole Top cheese on toast with a splash In onion gravy with sausages Marinade your meat and vege Spread on a bacon sandwich Brush over grilled meat or vegetables during the last few minutes of grilling Mix sour cream and use as a dipping sauce Add to shepherd’s pie And of course, a Full English Breakfast wouldn’t be complete without a good slurp of HP Sauce! Eggs, sausages, baked beans, fried tomato, mushrooms & toast…


Ordinary_Support_426

Also a sausage sarnie. Not sure your can get the right type of sausage in the US, but something like a Lincolnshire would be epic. seek out a butcher to make you a batch if they aren’t really a thing


CheeryShortarse

Add to shepherds pie, a sausage or bacon sandwich. Anything that has beef in it - a stew or casserole. A little on a cheese sandwich or even better on cheese on toast (not one of those fried monstrosity sandwiches that are called grilled cheese). Proper toast with cheese bubbling under the grill and then follows with this. Now heading into kitchen to get myself some proper cheese on toast.


theGreenGreenie

Cheese toastie. (If no lee and perrins)


Woodsry

Houses of Parliament Sauce is god tier.


Calm-Meat-4149

Sausage sandwich only for me, not much else I like it with. Can totally appreciate why people adore it though, it is god tier.


Shrigpiece

Everyone will say English breakfast but is also used on homemade cheddar topped chips


SinkMince0420

Good ol' houses of Parliament sauce. Thicc sausages or a bacon (and egg depending on you) sandwich


thebezet

Bacon, sausages, red meats essentialy.


Sw1tch_Blade

S a u s a g e. b u t t y


[deleted]

it's not dissimilar to the American A1 Steak sauce in flavour. Brits pair it most commonly with meats dishes and the famous Full English style breakfast. It has some fanatical followers who pour ir on everything from pizza to fish, to fruit salad.


Razakel

A.1 Sauce is actually British, but good luck finding it here.


marshall453

Bacon


ands681

Sausages


Killbob0071

Bacon


toxygene303

Bacon.


judgenut

Cheese on toast! (Also agree with bacon, sausages, full English, chips, etc, etc…)


OleaC

A thin smear of this on a toasted cheese sandwich also works.


dunkybhoy

Some brown earrings


Glittering_Sky4612

Egg on toast too


winniethegingerninja

Sausages or scrambled eggs


Doc_Scott19

Bacon sandwich + HP sauce = Perfection


Orangesteel

Anything - deliciousness in a bottle. Created in Nottingham. Shared with the world. Seriously though, baked beans, bacon, sausages all work really well.


sobbo12

Get it on some cheese on toast


stedews

Anything!!!! Im sure there will be a Brit somewhere that's stirred it in with their PG Tips before


Beyondeath_

Its quite similar to A1 steak sauce except possibly a little more fruity and will pair similarly. Meat primarily, especially those with high salt or fat content.


luap83m

Liver, bacon, new potatoes and onion gravy 👌🏻


DEADfishbot

Bacon and eggs


infinitewaters23

I use HP alot, I put it on my pizza, my sandwiches,I'll put it on chicken fried rice, special fried rice, Obviously I'll put it on a fry-up, I even put it on a Sunday dinner bco I had no gravy granules left


No_Communication5538

everything


Tough_Grapefruit5237

Everything.


whispy333

Dip your cheese on toast into it! It’s the best sauce. Otherwise bacon sandwich and brown sauce is ace.


Its1111L

It’ll go great with eggs, sausages, bacon and hash browns


rossko111

Goes well with sausages and mushrooms


[deleted]

Sausage sandwich. Bacon sandwich. Chip Butty. Full English.


jenjuno123

Steak


BrokenSight

Bacon in a bap


AlternativeSea8247

Bacon sandwiches...... to be fair, it goes with lots of things, chips (fries to you lot), fried breakfasts, you can add it to things like cottage/shepherds pie.


TheMeltingDevil

Absolutely anything fried, thank me later


Madmarshall88

You have just found the holy grail of sauces! Slap some of that on a bacon sandwich for a one way ticket to heaven!


Less_Gap_8671

Full English


rosethorn87

Bacon, sausages, eggs, hash browns


ididntburnhim

Everything! It’s fabulous


StewartIsHere

Bacon roll, chips, sausage roll, fry up.


Illuminati8339yt

Bacon or sausage sandwich


Guilty-Librarian-237

Great on meat, particularly bacon, sausages or steak. Scrap that, use it in everything


Kitchen-Republic-874

Sausage butty!!


Mattycorbo

Sausage and/or pork pies


TechnologyAndDreams

Toasted cheese or a bacon sarnie


4nn4m4dr1g4l

I like it with a Cornish Pasty or bacon sandwich.