Here we are heading into the bleak mid winter and with a match tonight I thought of those times as a kid so looking forward to a half time Bovril to warm the hands and the insides on a cold weeknight on the terraces.
Someone mentioned to me they can't stand it as it's similar to marmite (yeast extract rather than a meat extract) I personally hate marmite but a nice beef tea is an absolute delight.
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An 19th Century drink for a 21st century man!!
...Along with Marmite while you're at it...🤢
I do remember that the last time I ordered one at The Valley, the seller (from a portable drinks dispenser in the Curbs Stand concourse) had no idea what it was!
Its never captured the taste of my first cup behind The Covered End in the sixties although the ingredients have probably changed since I was a kid.
Or is uniquely British?
Does anyone else drink hot marmite in the same way as Bovril, or am I weird?
Marmite as a hot drink is only found at football grounds & on Bonfire night.
Sounds like a Brummy drink.
Compare ingredients:
Bovril
Beef broth (50%) [water, beef bones], yeast extract (27%) [contains BARLEY, WHEAT, OAT, RYE], salt, water, colour (ammonia caramel), corn starch, beef powder (1%), flavourings (contain CELERY), flavour enhancers (disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), acid (lactic acid).
Powdered Bovrilsalt, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate), potato starch, sugar, maltodextrin, colour (ammonia caramel), flavourings (contain celery), beef broth (4%), rapeseed oil, anti-caking agent (silicon dioxide), yeast extract, acid (lactic acid), spices (pepper, lovage .
Or if you insist in having a meaty hot drink, have something like a can of cream of chicken soup in a thermos, or a nice Asian broth.
Bovril, alongside things like Spam, belong in the history books and nowhere else