Bovril: Beef Paste

Bovril: Beef Paste

In the UK, a dense beef paste known as Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into "beef tea." Its name derives from the Latin words "bovinus," which means "ox," and "vril," which refers to a substance from a late 1800s book that a mysterious master race used to acquire special powers.

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