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Intro
Everyone who's ever been to Sheffield, or known anyone from Sheffield will have come across one of the uk's greatest secrets.
Henderson's Relish Is More Than A condiment. It is a magical elixir with 101 uses. No one knows, what it contains, there is a label on the front with the basic ingredients, I.p.a., salt, acid, fish n' chips etc.., but there's no mention of the magical properties of the sauce within. For over a century an ancient witch has mixed the brew in her cauldron on leavygreave road. And the water authorities often get upset as the plant uses 200 gallons of water to make one bottle of 284 ml. There are no by-products or smells, no rubbish is ever found in the bin around the back, and nobody is ever seen to go in or out of the building.
If you are still not scared, the postman delivers only one letter a week, on monday morning.

Some of the more obscure uses are as follows:-
 

Places To Buy
    When I was a little pest, knocking people over with my Raleigh Chopper Bike In the 70's, all the little local shops sold bottles of Henderson's Relish. When I say all the little shops I quite Literally mean ALL SHOPS. Every hairdressers, paper shop, stationers, florists, fruitier, everything. Every parade of shops sold the bottles of black nectar for 37 1/2p. The label was a rough orange hand printed effort that was probably unchanged for forty years.

   Now all the supermarkets in South Yorkshire also sell it, but strangely, It is always displayed in a long line of bare bottles, either along the top of the refrigerators or on little 10 inch stands along the floor. Very strange!

     Some very peculiar, and quite highbrow,  places have started stocking Hendos. "Fortnum & Mason", Piccadilly, London, The Savoy Hotel, London. and "The Whitehouse", america ( allegedly)

Abroad
     Their is little doubt, about the suspicion of the Hendos, being useless away from Sheffield. Aficionados often talk about smuggling it out. And the magic not working away. But weather there's any truth in the matter ( in my opinion unlikely! ). If you've tasted it and you can never let go again, what's the point of worrying about it?
    I've personally used it in at least five counties and can report it being just as good!..   I am always weary of scaremongers who like to perpetuate sauce myths. And I for one, am always delighted to see it for sale in a strange place, away from home. Although the take-up is less likely, from strangers, if they were never given their first taste in Sheffield.
 

Uk Places Where Henderson's Relish Works on Food	Places Where It Doesn't	Still On Trial	Foreign Countries Where Tried
1. South Yorkshire 2. North Yorkshire 3. Buckinghamshire 4. Norfolk 5. Derbyshire 6.Cornwall 7. Portsmouth 8. Stoke 9. Aberdeen 10. Cambridge 11. Faversham 12. Essex 13. Dartford	1. Devon 2. Liverpool	1.Lancashire	1.Indonesia 2.Australia 3.Scotland 4.Wales 5. Canada 6.Nambia 7.Italy(Venice)

Newsflash . . . . . . . . . .
Dan Henderson Himself Put Henderson's Relish on Trial for us In Portsmouth, On 29th April 2000 on Beans on Toast. The Results were so good that the meal was described as being The Dogs Plums!

Look At What It's Done For Us
    It is a fact that Sheffield has a very high ratio of pensioners, for a city of it's size. A great deal of them are vociferous and agitating, they often organize and cause political trouble. Why don't they settle into their slippers in front of the telly, like the old folks in the other provincial towns? How are they still so mentally agile? what makes them a headache for police every thursday night?
      Now I'm not saying it is because of being brought up on a diet of Henderson's Relish all their lives, but it makes you think doesn't it.

The Rumour Mongers
I once heard a whisper that, the ( Magical Medicine ) was used for a certain initiation, in a higher degree of Freemasonry.  But I didn't say that.
Another dicky bird told me that is the only reason it says shake the bottle on the label, so that as many people as possible perform an obscure part of a long forgotten ritual, who's meaning is long lost in the depths of time.

New April 2004

Due to an amusing circumstance, we have come across a brand new way to enjoy Hendos. An optic stand can be borrowed from your local pub and fitted in the house, and with the addition of the magic sauce, You are left with a dispenser delivery system which is available day or night.

The only problem is that the bottle needs to have it's regulation shake before serving, and as such you need to unclip the bottle from the optic stand and give it a good 10 seconds. Fortunately there is always a quick release clip to facilitate such an activity.

Now fortified with a quick short of hendos in my stirabout in the morning, I find myself more than ready to meet the demands of the forthcoming day

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