velo army Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I haven't eaten or drank anything at the football in years, save for a brief dalliance with the fucking magnificent SABP peh at Gayfield, but it would be weird for me to have bovril outwith a football ground. Like having communion wafers as a snack. Bovril on a cold day is perfect though, with the added cocktail of cortisol and adrenaline brought on by the ever present danger of having boiling hot liquid knocked out of your hand. You could drink it straight away. There is a skill in drinking hot liquid, you take sups off of the surface of the liquid, but only the surface. If your sup breaches the surface and you get some from the layer below then that's a mouthful of magma. Or you could use it as a hand warmer and wait for it to cool sufficiently to render all of it drinkable. But there could be a goal, or a flying ball, or some other incident that sends it onto your lap or hands. Truly a Mission Impossible movie of a drink. The smell of bovril mixed with pipe smoke/proper baccy (tar filled death-sticks like senior service) sends me into a Proustian reverie. Sigh. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Tynierose said: One of my earliest memories of bovril was attending a game at the old Brockville and some punter giving themselves a 3rd degree burn after spilling bovril over their baws. I agree with the others who say the little packets are much better than out the jar. Scalding your baws with steaming Bovril = much better than watching Falkirk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Like having communion wafers as a snack. Big team found 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Big team found My family are devout bead rattlers (faither army has a set in the pocket of each of his many jackets, so this is quite literal) and I was an altar boy til I was 15, hence the frame of reference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 One for the Bovril appreciation thread... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, johnnydun said: One for the Bovril appreciation thread... Youre either a brave or a silly b*****d being out in that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Youre either a brave or a silly b*****d being out in that. Dry under the Derry roof bud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 39 minutes ago, johnnydun said: One for the Bovril appreciation thread... You should've went when there was a game on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 28 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: You should've went when there was a game on. There is, Ross County are playing, regrettably Dundee aren't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 58 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: There is, Ross County are playing, regrettably Dundee aren't. Wish I fuckin lobbed it off James McPake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Bought this on Amazon for the house. Very pleased with my decision. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Steaming hot bovril on a crisp November morning. In an heirloom no less. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 On 24/10/2021 at 13:05, velo army said: The smell of bovril mixed with pipe smoke/proper baccy (tar filled death-sticks like senior service) sends me into a Proustian reverie. Sigh. Never have the words "My Team : Partick Thistle" been so redundant. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Can only get jars in this backwater of an island and I'm far too far away from the border to see what UK centric shops do (same for bloody vimto) love having one of afternoon when WFH and having a video meeting. Would love to get hold of the powder stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Enjoying a cup of the black nectar at my first game of the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 On 21/11/2021 at 21:21, weirdcal said: Can only get jars in this backwater of an island and I'm far too far away from the border to see what UK centric shops do (same for bloody vimto) love having one of afternoon when WFH and having a video meeting. Would love to get hold of the powder stuff I think I've seen it in Dealz before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 16 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: I think I've seen it in Dealz before. Dealz did have it, daddy's brown sauce and tins of vimto and irn bru when I first moved here, sadly not any longer. Found an Iceland today and managed to get bottles of vimto and the daddy's brown sauce (and greggs scotch pies) so not entirely lost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 39 minutes ago, weirdcal said: Found an Iceland today and managed to get bottles of vimto and the daddy's brown sauce (and greggs scotch pies) so not entirely lost. You know how to live! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 I am currently drinking Bovril. A fantastic beverage. Well done whoever started this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I had some last night, liberally sprinkled with pepper. Delicious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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