Bovril
Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick, salty
beef extract, sold in a distinctive, bulbous jar. It is made in
Burton upon Trent,
Staffordshire and distributed by Unilever UK.It can be made into a drink by diluting with hot water. It can also be used as a flavouring for
soups,
stews or
porridge, or spread on
bread, especially
toast, rather like
Marmite. The first part of the product's name comes from
Latin bos (
genitive bovis) meaning "ox" or "cow". The -vril comes from
Bulwer-Lytton's once-popular 1870 "lost race" novel,
The Coming Race (also reprinted as ), in which a subterranean
humanoid race have mental control over, and devastating powers from, an energy fluid named "Vril."
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