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Interestingly if you search for "Brown Windsor Soup" in 19th century books on google there's quite a few hits. Click through and view the highlighted text - a
by helsinkiandrew 5y ago
Interestingly if you search for "Brown Windsor Soup" in 19th century books on google there's quite a few hits. Click through and view the highlighted text - and its always "Brown Windsor Soap" - SOAP not SOUP. Presumably Googles AI enhanced OCR has misread.
1. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22brown+windsor+soup%22&biw=1440&bih=789&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1800%2Ccd_max%3A1899&tbm=bks&sxsrf=AOaemvKufgwHcy_Alxb6K6XaOE48zsNznw%3A1642437423986&ei=L5vlYefrO9aVxc8P8Ye6wAg&ved=0ahUKEwinv-OZnLn1AhXWSvEDHfGDDogQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=%22brown+windsor+soup%22&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzEANQ2wJYkAxggA5oAHAAeACAAWuIAeYDkgEDMi4zmAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz-books https://www.google.com/search?q=%22brown+windsor+soup%22&biw...
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoThe article mentions the soap: it was real, it was popular at the appropriate time period, and it's possible the "brown Windsor soup" was a combination of Windsor soup (a white soup) and brown Windsor soap to make it seem more horrible to the audience.