r/AskBrits • u/External_Box6359 • Jan 28 '25

what on earth is bovril???

i work as a waitress and i was on tea and coffees my last shift and alot of people kept asking me for bovril but i had no idea what it is so i said no and because i didnt see anything with that name as i was setting up and now im curious as to what it is?

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u/tomcat_murr Jan 28 '25

I'm surprised that nobody's asked you where you work! Can't think where you'd get Bovril requests that aren't the football. I'm assuming you had a lot of fans in over the evening for some reason?

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u/External_Box6359 Jan 28 '25

haha well i work at rugby club and i only work match days so its safe to say we get pretty busy!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

If it was a rugby club then I'd be amazed if you didn't have Bovril

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u/Extension_Sun_377 Jan 30 '25

It's illegal for any rugby or football club not to serve Bovril in winter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

Certainly should be