Talk:Bovril/Archives/2015

Overusing the adjective "savoury"

why do you limeys have to use the word 'savoury'( note spelling ) in every description of snack foods sold in the UK? it shows a lack of creativity and an inability to spell( its spelled 'savory' dont cha know ). too much marmite i think.

-Savoury is used once on the Bovril page, and it accurately describes Bovril, it being a salty rather than a sweet foodstuff. And I think, if you check, you'll find they were speaking English in Britain long before anyone was mispelling "savoury" and "don't you" in America.

No wonder we left! *grin*

Savoury is the English spelling. I've no idea why Americans insist on altering the spelling of perfectly good words. But then again, you think it's a good idea for every hillbilly to be able to buy a gun at four days notice... Smurfmeister (talk) 11:08, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Recall

I'm not sure were it would fit, but perhaps some reference to the salmonella recall is in order. [1] 66.191.19.217 (talk) 18:37, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Hula Hoops and Cream Crackers

I've removed the following from the product range:

• Bovril hula hoops (25g)
• Bovril chicken flavored Cream crackers (95g)

for two reasons, there's no reference to back up that they exist, and, in any case, they wouldn't be Bovril products made by the same manufacturer (Unilever). Hula Hoops are a brand of potato crisp snack (KP I think) and I can find no mention of a Bovril flavour on any Hula Hoops site. Jacob (the best-known cracker manufacturer) don't do a Bovril chicken flavour that I can find a source for either. If Hula Hoops do have a Bovril range and there is a Bovril-flavour cracker then they should be mentioned somewhere in the main text as they are certainly not part of the Bovril product range. Something like this may be appropriate: "The Bovril flavour is so popular that it has been incorporated into other food products such as potato crisp snacks and cracker-type biscuits." Grievous Angel (talk) 06:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

There certainly used to be (and may still be - I live in the U.S. now) Bovril flavoured Crisps (potato chips to you Americans) available in the U.K. They may not have been made by the Bovril company but presumably the name was licensed from them. Treharne (talk) 01:31, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I suspect the Bovril Hula Hoops is a reference to a joke made off-handedly during an episode of the surreal British comedy The Mighty Boosh (TV series) (season 1 episode 4, "Tundra"):

• Howard Moon: "[...] 'cause what I set out to do, I finish, sir."
• Vince Noir: "As if! You finish nothing. What about last week? I asked you to get me those Bovril Hula Hoops! Where are they?"
• Howard Moon: "Well--it's on my to-do list."
• Vince Noir: "Well, when you gonna get them?"
• Howard Moon: "I'll get them, alright? Anyway I'm not talking about crisps..."

Presumably this was a sidelong reference to "BBQ Beef" flavor Hula Hoops. Larry Hastings (talk) 21:07, 17 September 2015 (UTC)