Reading Sauce (1861)

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   Someone at rec.food.historic asked about "Reading Sauce."  OED has Mrs. Beeton's 1861 cookbook.  The TIMES OF LONDON now goes back to 1861, and it's there in 1861:


BURGUNDY, pure and good, 18s., 21s., 24s., 30s. (Classified Advertising)
      The Times Thursday, Jul 25, 1861; pg. 14; Issue 23994; col C:

COOK'S celebrated READING SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with fish, game, steaks, soups, grills, gravies, hot and cold meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in fish sauces.  C. Cooks, Reading, sole manufacturer, into J. and C. Cooks.