Horlicks, a drink Brits go to bed with and Indians wake up with

Post by rpazyaquian » Wed, Apr 05, 2017, 2:37 PM UTC

midgetjones wrote: post #10

hprotagonist wrote: post #3

Not the same drink at all, but : As a child i read the James Herriot memoirs (all things bright and beautiful, etc..), in which he waxes rhapsodic about the restorative powers and deliciousness of Bovril. I had no idea what it was, so I was free to invent my own idea of what it might taste like, or be, or consist of. When i discovered he was so happy about diluted beef stock, i was more than a little let down.

People are still trying to sell that idea, only now they've packaged it as 'bone broth'. Snark aside, though, I could drink salty, savoury hot drinks all day long.

Post by smacktoward » Wed, Apr 05, 2017, 2:42 PM UTC

hprotagonist wrote: post #3

Not the same drink at all, but : As a child i read the James Herriot memoirs (all things bright and beautiful, etc..), in which he waxes rhapsodic about the restorative powers and deliciousness of Bovril. I had no idea what it was, so I was free to invent my own idea of what it might taste like, or be, or consist of. When i discovered he was so happy about diluted beef stock, i was more than a little let down.

Post by dluan » Wed, Apr 05, 2017, 2:45 PM UTC

Post by jahnu » Wed, Apr 05, 2017, 2:55 PM UTC

helipad wrote: post #4

hprotagonist wrote: post #3

Not the same drink at all, but : As a child i read the James Herriot memoirs (all things bright and beautiful, etc..), in which he waxes rhapsodic about the restorative powers and deliciousness of Bovril. I had no idea what it was, so I was free to invent my own idea of what it might taste like, or be, or consist of. When i discovered he was so happy about diluted beef stock, i was more than a little let down.

Went to a football match as a lad and wasn't sure what Bovril was, but ordered one anyway. Imagine my reaction when what I thought was hot chocolate, was instead hot beef extract.

Post by idiot74 » Wed, Apr 05, 2017, 3:00 PM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #13

hprotagonist wrote: post #3

Not the same drink at all, but : As a child i read the James Herriot memoirs (all things bright and beautiful, etc..), in which he waxes rhapsodic about the restorative powers and deliciousness of Bovril. I had no idea what it was, so I was free to invent my own idea of what it might taste like, or be, or consist of. When i discovered he was so happy about diluted beef stock, i was more than a little let down.

Not even a drink, but: reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a child led me down a similar path with regard to Turkish Delight.