Some of the stories below are true, some are not. Can you separate the fact from the fiction? Go on, have a go…
1/Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauces' secret ingredient is under 24-hour guard at an undisclosed UK location.
2/The onions and garlic mature for up to 2 years before we use them.
3/The 'tamarinds' in Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce come from Tamarind monkeys.
4/Found in a recent newspaper in Nairobi - "COUGH KILLER: if you have a bad cough and cannot afford cough mixture, mix cooking oil with Worcestershire Sauce and drink it three times a day. It works just as well".
5/South American cannibals marinated victims before eating them in a liquid bearing a close olfactory resemblance to Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce.
6/Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce comes from a tree.
7/Operators in the Making house used to wear a top hat and tails because it was such an honour to make Lea & Perrins.
8/Mr Lea & Mr Perrins had a close relationship, neither ever married.
9/Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce was used as embalming fluid for mummifying.
10/Canadians eat 5 times more Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce than milk, resulting in their rather unstable mentality and propensity to get colds frequently.
Heating from the inside with these warming dishes from Lea & Perrins.