‘Captain Charles Combers (born 1752), a member of the Quorn Hunt when on his way to Leicestershire stopped, as was his wont, to dine at The George at Bedford, then kept by a man named Harvey, where he ordered a steak, and when it was served Combers requested Harvey to let his servant bring from his buggy a quart bottle which contained an admirable sauce. Combers poured some of it into his plate and [having] mixed it with the gravy of the steak he asked Harvey to taste it, a
