Difference between revisions of "Portsoy"

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Portsoy is a small sea port in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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-Portsoy is a small sea port on the north coastline of [[Scotland]], in the county of [[Banffshire]]. It was founded in 1818 by Sir Charles Huntly for the import of barrels of [[soy sauce]] from south China (Huntly was also implicated, through his membership of the East India Company and other trading interests in Britain's Indian posessions in the opium and tea trade with China). Soy sauce was imported in bulk to be turned into one of a range of piquant sauces in combination with other ingredients of local origin, notably smoked fish from the small local fishing villages, and spent [[yeast]] from local [[whisky]] distilleries. Huntly's Sauces had a great popularity in Victorian [[Britain]], which, however, waned as industrial-scale production of [[Worcestershire Sauce]] enabled companies such as Lea & Perrins to outstrip Huntly's. The last shiipments of sauce were brought to Portsoy in 1921, and the manufactory closed foir good in 1923.
+'''Portsoy''' is a small sea port in [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]].
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.andrewsmith.org.uk/portsoy.htm Portsoy - A Brief History]
+[[Category:Scottish Cities and Towns]]