Nun's sauce

The very old form of relish for beef was made by nuns in a Yorkshire convent in 1870. Most of the large farms in the north made their own relish to eat with beef

Ingredients

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• ¾ oz of cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 3 cloves of garlic
• A tablespoons of anchovies (these came in barrels and the scraping of the barrel was used)
• A few cloves
• 3 or 4 shallots
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• A quart of vinegar

Method

1. Pound all dry things with the dry sugar
2. Chop and add the onions, etc.
3. Put into a leadless glazed demijohn with the vinegar, and cork lightly.
4. This jar was then left at the foot of the stairs for a month, and everyone passing up and down to chapel (twice a day) had to give it a shake.

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