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cshenk

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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.

Grin, maybe but I've not had a bottle last more than 6 months here.

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