7 Insanely Bizarre Food Origin Stories - Page 6 of 9

Worcestershire Sauce

As we all know from our history books, the English colonized India to gain access to spices. Spices were so rare and so “exotic” that these seasonings were fought for by other countries. If they were so popular it wouldn’t be surprising if someone tried to recreate them locally. A nobleman attempted to do just that by commissioning two chemists named John Lea and William Perrins to recreate a sauce he loved in Bengal. But how would two chemists replicate something they never even tasted before?