David Fincher is working with Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor again. I guess Fincher's found his Angelo Badalamenti to his David Lynch.

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I just got some groceries including some Worcestershire sauce. The kind I have doesn't have any anchovies in it like it's supposed to which makes it effectively vegan, which is really weird since this is supposed to be a fermented fish condiment. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a not-vegan kind next time—probably the authentic Lea & Perrins brand—because I want that hint of anchovies that makes all English dishes what they are.

Anyway, Worcestershire sauce is really really strange. I poured a tiny bit of it into a teaspoon after I opened it and its flavor reminded me of soy sauce but a bit spicier and more sour. Apparently it was made when some chemists were told to duplicate soy sauce or curry or something and then the mixture they made totally sucked so they banished it to their basement for a few years and then they found it again, all fermented and everything, and randomly decided to taste it and it tasted really really good.

I have this increasing fondness for fermented food products such as wine, cheese and now the tongue twister Worcestershire sauce. It's pretty weird because these products are basically produced by making something rot. The idea that a nicer, better product can result from a process that pretty much disgusts a lot of people is oddly beautiful to me.

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About the author: A prolific contributor to Jul with some 2086 posts published, Sofi better fancies herself as a cinema geek, a composer, an occasional gamer, a budding fashionita, an absolute cooking newbie and a general life enthusiast-satirist. She is responsible for a number of notable discussions about meteorology and current events and may be contacted at any time through private messaging.