On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 11:22:29 AM UTC-8, cshenk wrote:
> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On Monday, December 7, 2015 at 9:11:47 PM UTC-8, isw wrote:
> > > I recall that when I was a kid <mumble> years ago, Lea & Perrins
> > > was strong and peppery hot. Or maybe it was just that I was a kid.
> > > I loved to make roast beef sandwiches with nothing more than some
> > > sliced beef and a lot of Lea & Perrins on white bread.
> > >
> > > Anyhow, these days, it seems like the stuff is only a shadow of its
> > > former self. Anybody else think that too?
> >
> > I can't taste any loss of potency. In fact, in one sauce recipe I
> > make I have cut the amount of Lea and Perrins in half.
> >
> > How old is your bottle? It should be replaced at least once a year,
> > in my opinion.
>
> LOL? REplace a bottle? Who has one last a whole year?
>

Maybe isw. He was complaining about lack of oomph, condiments lose
oomph with age -- to me the question was obvious.