The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-21
MAKING OF SAUCE.
The Worcestershire Article Now Made in
This Country Extreme Care That Is
Used.


Many years ago, by the favor of noble
man residing In the county of Worcester,
Eng, Messrs Lea & Perrins became pos
sessed of the receipt for preparing sauce of
exquisite flavor and pungency. This relish
qutstte flavor and pungency. This relish
was introduced to the public under the
title of Worcestershire Sauce, and since
then that name has become well known
throughout the civilized world, the mer-
its of tho sauce easily establishing the
popularity of the article.
Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire Sauce
was first introduced into America by John
Duncan in the early forties, and today
the firm of John Duncan & Sons. No 1922
Canal street. is one of the largest and
best known establishments of It's kind in
the world. For years the Duncans sup
piled the American market with Lea &
Perrins' sauce direct from the factory in
England' but recently they have made a
new and valuable departure. They have
received from the parent house the orig
inal recipe, a carefully guarded secret.
ana are now manufacturing Lea & Per-
rims Worcestershire Sauce in their own
establishment, which is one of the model
factories. Of New York
The factory on Canal street extends
through to York street, and is an eight
story building Of recent construction and
with modern appointments. Visitors. who
are welcome at all hours, are impressed
above all with the absolute neatness of
every department. In the manufacture in
DTOuQCI table
sauce one could easily imagine a scene
that would be unpleasant to visit The
Duncan establishment is "spick and span'
from top to bottom.
In the bottling department the liquid is
brought from casks on the floor above
through silver tubes to the bottling ma
chine. The empty bottles, having been
carefully washed, are placed in a row on a
rack and are filed by means of the silver
tubes. When bottle is full an automatic
arrangement stops the flow.
This arrangement insures perfect clean
liness. There is no ladling out or measur-
ing by hand. Everything is scrupulously
clean.
In the corling department the utmost
care is observed. The corSs are specially
bottles, are of the very best material The
wrappers for the bottles are fine manila
paper Of special manufacture. Even the
red Irvine which encircles the neck of the
bottle after It has been wrapped up is
made to order.
The labelling and wrapping is done by
young women, who are neatly dressed,
and who have the advantage of working
in large rooms light and airy. Practice
has made them very skilful.
The packing and shipping is done on the
lower floors of the factory, while in the
cool cellars are stored great casks of in
gradients
Thus, 1t will be seen that every detail
in the manufacture of Lea & PERKINS,
Worcestershire Sauce is faithfully carried
out by the Messrs. Duncan, who, as has
been said, have the sole right to make
the genuine sauce for the American mar
ket. The merits of the sauce are well
KNOWN and had Socrates IN his day been
familiar with them he could never have
said that the sauce for the meat should
be the appetite Mail and Express, New
York, Aug. 18th.