Talk:Bovril
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OK, I just tried the new Bovril (my wife bought it by accident) and it's horrible. They've added a load of salt and it seems gritty and tasteless by comparison. The old beef pots are likely to start selling on eBay now :-) -- redbaron
- Bovril: "The Demon Drink".
- It's probably as a direct result of opening that first tin that the French started eating frogs and snails and horses. ... Somewhere on the outskirts of Paris there's a landfill with 999,999 tins of 100 year old Bovril buried in it just waiting for some unsuspecting Frenchie to come wandering by with a metal detector ...
- OK, you're not the first one who complained. He did it before they switched to the yeast formula! I think I am going to buy some leftover beef jars for myself. -- Toytoy 05:17, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Aaggh
Didn't know about this changeover to yeast before. What is the point, that is what Marmite is for! Bovril tastes of beef, that is surely the point of it! Oh well I'm sure Tesco will still sell 'Beefy' paste... pomegranate 11:53, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, Tesco and other UK supermarkets still sell own-brand 'Beefy' pastes using beef extract. Looking at the labels, they all seem to have the same ingredients and proportions, so I wonder who makes them. Does anyone know if it is, in fact, Unilever? -- Picapica 10:53, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- I would imagine that, like many other food stuffs, such as beers and cereal, the company manufacturing the goods will sell the "cast off" products for supermarkets to use as their own brand, by which I mean those which fall outside of the stringent quality control tests for the official product, but as a "supermarkets own", it is fine. I know that unsuitable Fosters is often sold to ASDA. - Solo.card 07:13, January 11, 2007
[edit] Vril
The vril component of the name comes from Bulwer-Lytton's once-popular 19th century "lost race" novel, The Coming Race,
- Is that true?
[edit] bovril... in a nutshell
its amazing this stuff! it saved my life, i used to be into sex drugs and rock and roll, until i tried some of this, it gave me such a kick, i am now seeking help and a recovering alcoholic. i just love bovril it is the best beef exstract spread that mixed with hot water makes the best savory drink ive ever had!! i like it more than beer.
[edit] Marmite
I edited the article to say it tastes similar to its cousin, Marmite. Hope nobody minds. 81.86.76.6 06:07, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Beef version availability
Can anyone confirm or deny if the beef version is once again available in the US? DarkAudit 03:25, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
The Yeast they could do
I can deny it. All I can find is yeast-based Borvil.
[edit] Overusing the adjective Savoury
why do you limeys have to use the word 'savoury'( note spelling ) in every description of snack foods sold in the UK? it shows a lack of creativity and an inability to spell( its spelled 'savory' dont cha know ). too much marmite i think.
-Savoury is used once on the Bovril page, and it accurately describes Bovril, it being a salty rather than a sweet foodstuff. And I think, if you check, you'll find they were speaking English in Britain long before anyone was mispelling "savoury" and "don't you" in America.
