When I worked at Burdalls i used make the "gravy salt" I can still remember the recipe..Two sacks of salt one coarse and one fine and half a gallon of caramel...mix together for about 10 mins then tip the goo out into a skip..then it would go and be pressed into blocks by some Lasses...and that was that... put it into packets and send it to the shops..Did anyone ever buy this, if so why?

Yes, I always had some in. It was easier to put into stews and made a nice gravy before Bisto came on the scene....lot of messing about though compared to todays gravy granules.:hihi:

Yes, I always had some in. It was easier to put into stews and made a nice gravy before Bisto came on the scene....lot of messing about though compared to todays gravy granules.:hihi:

Might have known you would reply to this thread! lol :hihi:

When I worked at Burdalls i used make the "gravy salt" I can still remember the recipe..Two sacks of salt one coarse and one fine and half a gallon of caramel...mix together for about 10 mins then tip the goo out into a skip..then it would go and be pressed into blocks by some Lasses...and that was that... put it into packets and send it to the shops..Did anyone ever buy this, if so why?

I know when meat was rationed and money was scarce Burdalls
gravy salt made the gravy look like it was made from meat drippings .Much darker than just flour and water.
At least they called it what it was 'Gravy Salt'

My mum always used this - I love it - reminds me of sunday dinners when i lived at home.

Might have known you would reply to this thread! lol :hihi:

Ooh am I THAT predictable....:hihi:

i remember it came in a square tin my mom used to put some in the dripping to do the roast potatoes on sunday,she also used to add a pinch to tinned tomatoes when she did a fry up,wonder if you can still buy it:thumbsup:

i remember it came in a square tin my mom used to put some in the dripping to do the roast potatoes on sunday,she also used to add a pinch to tinned tomatoes when she did a fry up,wonder if you can still buy it:thumbsup:
No need to buy it it's just salt and burnt suger..Honest.

MMMM, thick, rich gravy... Can't be beaten. *drools*

the ideal serving of gravy?

"do you want one slice, or two!" lol

PT

Yes, I always had some in. It was easier to put into stews and made a nice gravy before Bisto came on the scene....lot of messing about though compared to todays gravy granules.:hihi:

Congratulations on attaining such a great age! If you can remember it made a nice gravy before Bisto came on the scene you’re probably very old and wrinkled, but I doubt it. Bisto arrived on the scene in 1908!

Congratulations on attaining such a great age! If you can remember it made a nice gravy before Bisto came on the scene you’re probably very old and wrinkled, but I doubt it. Bisto arrived on the scene in 1908!

Yeah, but not in our house, neither did "soft loo paper". :hihi:
These were all things I "discovered" when I became a house -wife myself, but it didn't stop me having the old gravy salt in as well.
Having said that, Bisto Gravy Granules? They didn't evolve until more recently though did they? in fact I was quite surprised to see that the powder stuff is still available.:hihi:

You’re right, Joan, the granules came later. Interested in the soft loo paper. My mother used to use some hard, slippery stuff which I think was called San Izal. In contrast, my dad — a staunch Labour supporter — used to cut up The Times newspaper and use that. He said it was the only thing it was fit for!

You’re right, Joan, the granules came later. Interested in the soft loo paper. My mother used to use some hard, slippery stuff which I think was called San Izal. In contrast, my dad — a staunch Labour supporter — used to cut up The Times newspaper and use that. He said it was the only thing it was fit for!We used to make the granules also I can't remember the recipe tho', but we did put in a load of "concentrated beef extract" (whatever that was) and when the mix was reduced to a fine powder it was mixed with water to make a paste with an addative to make it bind together..and then it was dried out in a slab and then broken up to make granules I think it was called "Flavox"...They used to make gunpowder granules the same way back in the old days only using urine to bind it...It was said that the best urine came from a "wine drinking Bishop".

We used to make the granules also I can't remember the recipe tho', but we did put in a load of "concentrated beef extract" (whatever that was) and when the mix was reduced to a fine powder it was mixed with water to make a paste with an addative to make it bind together..and then it was dried out in a slab and then broken up to make granules I think it was called "Flavox"...They used to make gunpowder granules the same way back in the old days only using urine to bind it...It was said that the best urine came from a "wine drinking Bishop".

Oh purleeeze, too much information:gag: Never heard of that actually (thank goodness):hihi:

Burdalls,the best gravy additive ever,tried Bisto,binned it,but alas no more burdalls so its Comptons now but its not the same.As hard as the knockers whereas burdalls went soft when opened to the atmosphere.

We used to make the granules also I can't remember the recipe tho', but we did put in a load of "concentrated beef extract" (whatever that was) and when the mix was reduced to a fine powder it was mixed with water to make a paste with an addative to make it bind together..and then it was dried out in a slab and then broken up to make granules I think it was called "Flavox"...They used to make gunpowder granules the same way back in the old days only using urine to bind it...It was said that the best urine came from a "wine drinking Bishop".

And knowing one of the chaps who made Burdall's gravy salt,
well i can only say he was'nt a bishop:rolleyes:

i remember it came in a square tin my mom used to put some in the dripping to do the roast potatoes on sunday,she also used to add a pinch to tinned tomatoes when she did a fry up,wonder if you can still buy it:thumbsup:

My mum used to do exactly the same - pinch in with the tomatoes...mmmmmmm It was yummy!!!

Can't get it now days, don't think.:confused:

Did it come in a yellow tin?

i too worked at Burdalls i was a van driver that would be about the mid 60's, great stuff in winter for getting you going wen you got stuck in snow
Graham

you can get Burdalls still, albeit out of date but I reckon it will last for years and probably be fit for use for twenty or more years.Type in search for old jakes at wymondham,he has bought the old stock.I have bought some but I warn you it is dear to buy but its the real thing,he also produces his own version and is sold at various butchers around the country.:hihi:

i used to live at the back of burdalls buildings inhillsboro when i first got married.my husband was never late forwork as they had a hooter that went off at 8oclock every weekday morning there was no need for an alarm clockit could be heard all over hillsboro.it went off again at 1oclockfor dinner then 4_45 for home time

I worked at Burdalls in the 70s on the production line and also catching the goods that came down a shute and packing and warehousing them .

Around 1960 I used to deliver salt at Burdalls at the Barracks on Penistone Rd I loaded it at Sandbach in Cheshire, 10 tons at a time All for gravy salt Good old fashioned stuff Nowt to beat it