Meal Condiments!

[Smowball]

How and why did they start? Why do we have mint sauce with lamb, cranberry sauce with chicken and turkey, apple sauce with pork etc? What started it all?

[gingejbee]

...don't know, but I've just had (home-made) cranberry sauce on a roast pork sandwich....and the rest of it on some Greek-style yoghurt.

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting little exploration here into the Lamb/Mint issue.

Quite a nice read too.

[Mamyalynne]

oops

http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2009/10/why-mint-with-lamb.html

[pastafreak]

Interesting article about the origin of mint sauce...it dates back to medieval times.

https://laurengilbertheyerwood.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/mint-sauce-a-british-tradition/

[pastafreak]

Oh...and it was English settlers who cultivated the cranberry...

https://modernfarmer.com/2015/11/history-of-cranberry-sauce/

[237SJ]

Some condiments just liven up the food (such as Japanese pickles) and some have a purpose such as raita cooing the heat of the spices.

[237SJ]

*cooling*

[maggiebee]

Hate any kind of sauce on my meat. Cook it to perfection then smother it with something else - why?

[Canary42]

Don't forget Horseradish - traditional with beef.

http://horseradish.org/horseradish-facts/horseradish-history/

[jno]

"horse" radish with Tesco burgers, Canary?

[Smowball]

So sorry guys - internet went to I couldn’t reply!

[Smowball]

So*

[SparklyKid]

What is that chicken dish with a fried banana ?

[SparklyKid]

Ta Mrs D

[Khandro]

HP sauce on a bacon butty?

[spathiphyllum]

Like black pudding is the perfect "sauce" for bacon? Or vise versa? ;)

I kid broooon all the way