When it comes to a fry up, many people like to compliment their bacon and sausages with a dash of brown sauce.
If this is your sauce of choice, you'll most likely be familiar with the iconic HP brand. The popular sauce has been available on UK shelves since it first launched back in 1895, but many still don't know what its name means.
The origins of the name for HP sauce have resurfaced online, after one person took to Reddit to share that it sands for the Houses of Parliament, highlighting a rather obvious clue on the bottle, reports the Mirror.
Posting a picture of the brown sauce, they shared their newly learnt fact, writing: "Who knew that 'HP' from HP sauce stood for Houses of Parliament? I mean it does have it on the front."
The HP sauce label sports an image of the Palace of Westminster in London, which serves as the meeting place for the two houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
According to the Museum of Brands, its creator Frederick Gibson Garton - a grocer from Nottingham - registered the name HP Sauce in 1895 after hearing that a restaurant within Parliament had begun serving it.
Commenters were blown away by the news, with many admitting they had no idea what HP stood for before stumbling across the post. One person wrote: "What? Does it really mean that?" While another said: "I never knew that!"
And a third added: "I didn't know that. It seems obvious now, but also incredibly weird as a brand name."
Others, however, were less impressed by the fun fact, as some said they had been aware of the sauce's real name for years. Someone posted: "It's one of those things that I knew, then forgot. You just reminded me again."
As someone else sarcastically quipped: "The word 'Sauce' on the front also means that there is sauce in the bottle. Madness."
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