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13 Jan 19
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Had never checked the ingredients of Oxo (which are printed in the teeny tiniest font under the box) until yesterday!
Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Maize Starch, Yeast Extract, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate),
Colour (Ammonia Caramel), Beef Fat (4.5%), Autolysed Yeast Extract, Dried Beef Bone Stock, Flavourings, Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Onion Powder.
Not much in the way of beef here but, by contrast, The Knorr Stock Pots are more than 70% beef....
Concentrated beef stock (66%) (water, beef extract), salt, beef fat (5.2%) [beef fat, antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)], flavourings, yeast extract, potassium chloride, palm fat, gelling agents (xanthan gum, locust bean gum), sugar, caramel syrup, maltodextrin, carrots†, lovage root†, leek† (0.1%), parsley† (0.1%). †From sustainable agriculture
Won't be buying many Oxo cubes in future as it needs, perhaps three cubes, to get anywhere near the intensity of flavour,
but then you are taking on a high level of the ingredients, that you don't want to eat!
Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Maize Starch, Yeast Extract, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate),
Colour (Ammonia Caramel), Beef Fat (4.5%), Autolysed Yeast Extract, Dried Beef Bone Stock, Flavourings, Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Onion Powder.
Not much in the way of beef here but, by contrast, The Knorr Stock Pots are more than 70% beef....
Concentrated beef stock (66%) (water, beef extract), salt, beef fat (5.2%) [beef fat, antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)], flavourings, yeast extract, potassium chloride, palm fat, gelling agents (xanthan gum, locust bean gum), sugar, caramel syrup, maltodextrin, carrots†, lovage root†, leek† (0.1%), parsley† (0.1%). †From sustainable agriculture
Won't be buying many Oxo cubes in future as it needs, perhaps three cubes, to get anywhere near the intensity of flavour,
but then you are taking on a high level of the ingredients, that you don't want to eat!
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Had never checked the ingredients of Oxo (which are printed in the teeny tiniest font under the box) until yesterday!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnifying-Handheld-Illuminated-Magnifier-Lightweight/dp/B01MQE91R5/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1547378232&sr=8-4&keywords=magnifying+glass+with+light Thank me later |
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are Knorr 3x the price of oxo?
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You tell them how you like your stock Lady. Make no bones about it.
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Aspro.... I had to use a magnifier to read it....
Price....at the moment Oxo are £1.69 at Tesco for twelve. Knorr Stock Pots are on offer at £1.00 for four so, considering that you need two or three Oxo cubes, to get anywhere near to the intensity of flavour, and integrity of the ingredients, it's a no brainer really! Also, dependant on the volume you are cooking, you may not need a whole STOCK pOT! |
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so that would be £3 for 12?
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when they're on offer of course
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Are Bovril cubes better than Oxo?
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I crossed an Oxo with a hyena. I made myself a laughing stock...... (courtesy of the joke thread)
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LFV - Your comparison between Oxo AND Knorr is a good one but you have overstated it. Not knowing how much of the Knorr beef stock is still water flaws your 70% somewhat.
Stock cubes are a nightmare. The original (and still available) Knorr Beef Cubes contain 4% "beef extract". The latest Knorr "Rich Beef Cubes" contain 2% "beef extract" with presumably the claimed "rich"ness coming from the new addition of malt extract (marmite??) |
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i quite like knorr chicken stock pot, ...i put one in my chilli, at same time
as the tomatoes go in. .....get nicer taste than with oxo or beef stockpot you pays yer monets and yer takes yer pick! |
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stockpots are often on promotion , and can be bought 2 for 1 or similar
rather like nescafe coffee, why buy them at full price? |
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Gordon would be incandescent if he caught anyone using an oxo.
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stock cubes are the devil's spawn
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gordon isn't in decent cans - I think he only likes fresh veg and fruit
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Baphornet....sorry, I thought that might confuse!
As I described Oxo as being for twelve cubes, I similarly meant a pack of four with Stock Pots! Anyway I've just come back from there, and now the Stock pots are £1.69 and Oxo are £1.60..... Good job that I always stock up, whilst offers are available. |
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will they be able to fly them in during the airlift? or come by rubber boats?
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stock up on stock pots before the end of march!!!
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iceland had em 8 for £2 last i saw
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Re the comment "Bovril Cubes v Oxo, Bovril wins hands down.
Not everywhere stocks them however, but I'll be checking them out again, if I see them.... Actually, having just found the ingredients, I won't bother! Salt, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate), Colour (Ammonia Caramel), Flavourings, Potassium Chloride, Palm Fat, Potato Starch, Beef Broth (3%), Sugar, Yeast Extract, Acid (Lactic Acid), Onion Juice Concentrate, Sunflower Oil |
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I only go to Tesco Express, but the main supermarket, and Morrisons have them at £1.00...
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I used to always have Bovril (which is sold as a drink) in the larder but it went up in price from £3.39 to over £4.00
which I would say is a bit strong! I used that before the Stock Pots were available. Thing is that, for a price of £4.00, you can get sixteen Stock Pots (when on offer) and I doubt one could get sixteen generous tea spoons, from a jar! |
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Beef Broth (50%) [Water, Beef Bones],
Yeast Extract (27%) [contains Barley, Wheat, Oats, Rye], Salt,Water,Colour (Ammonia Caramel),Corn Starch,Beef Powder (1%), Flavour Enhancers (Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate), |
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The Knorr Stock Pots are more than 70% beef....
Concentrated beef stock (66%) (water, beef extract), salt, beef fat (5.2%) more likely 70% water it's extremely disappointing to find so many relying on these kind of products rather than making their own stock. |
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Actually, I boil up a chicken carcass, onion & carrot sliced, bay leaf, some black peppercorns, but at the end I will add a knorr chicken stock cube or Lidl's own which are fraction of the price.
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Oxo cubes are a 19th-century German invention, oddly enough. Justus Freiherr von Liebig, possibly the greatest chemist who ever lived imo, was also the man who invented Marmite.
It was all part of his efforts to educate people in where the actual nutrition comes from in food. He got frustrated by people pouring away the fat and juices from meat, for instance, as that's where the goodness lies, hence the Oxo cube to restore those juices. He discovered all the secrets of what makes crops grow (basically, if a single vital mineral is lacking in the soil, then it doesn't matter how much of everything else you have - nothing will grow). Without his research there'd be none of the reliable crop yields we now take for granted. |
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McCoy Carp - Your recipe made me giggle as it is my mothers recipe (plus celery) for chicken soup (Delicious it is too). Right or wrong, she said you can't make chicken stock with cooked chicken. I use bulk raw chicken wings from my butchers! - a chef I know uses "feet" as well.
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Sorry, should of been a bit clearer. If I buy a chicken I like to get at least two meals out of it after I've roasted it, ie Sunday dinner then, then maybe buttered noodles with green beans and chicken. Then I'll boil up what's left as above, for the basis of soup or stew, but it needs a bit of oomph so I normally add a stock cube at the end, and also once I've made the soup/stew I always add a bit of cream sherry (fortfied British wine). We've got an arrangement in our house where I do the cooking, the wife does everything else ie, washing ironing cleaning, which as it happens, suits both of us
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Lady Faye has the big issues covered. knorr pots 4 times the price of an oxo cube but worth it imo
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Oxos we're good for mixing in with mash potatoes
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If you are truly interested, I would suggest waiting until you can buy the stock pots for £1.00, and buy both them and Oxo...
Make a simple drink with just hot water, for both (use only a third of a stock pot in one, and a whole Oxo cube in the other) then make a judgement.... |
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i'm semi interested
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These badgers, Lady F?
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=knorr%20stock%20pots&icid=tescohp_sws-1_m-sug_in-knorr%20_ab-226-b_out-knorr%20stock%20pots |
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Incredible trilby!
I don't go to the main Tesco supermarket, but only (for convenience) Tesco Express! I never saw packs of eight anywhere, but at £1.32 is incredible!!! Only yesterday, a pack of four was £1.69! Was in today, but I didn't look! |
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Spooky thread for me, had a bovril drink for the first time i would guess in 20 years on saturday at football, with a hotdog ditched the so called sausage wanted the crusty bread, took me back to watching floyd win when i was a young nipper.
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Never use the stock cubes but I go through loads of Bisto gravy.
As Alan Partridge used to say: "Ahaha! Bisto"  (Actually the missed a massive marketing trick there didn't they). |
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Talking of Bovril I've actually tried using watered down Bisto as a sort of Bovril substitute if I wanted a hot drink at night that wasn't coffee or tea. Kind of works!
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For houseofpain:
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Thanks for that sfb, great memories with me old grandad taking me racing. Where you think that is kempton??
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I took the photo in the pre-parade ring at Ascot, just before Christmas 1990. The horse was a 10yo then, and making his seasonal debut in the Long Walk Hurdle, after yet another injury lay-off. He went on to win, making all as usual. I was determined to get one good photo of him, because pictures of any but the very best horses were hard to come by in those days. I had £1,000 to £80 each way, which was a hell of a bet in my circumstances back then.
I loved Floyd more than I've loved any other horse, even my own. He was simply inspirational. The way he battled back again and again to win races was unreal. David Elsworth had a couple of similarly courageous and enthusiastic front-runners, in Desert Orchid and Persian Punch, and Floyd was never absolutely top-class like those two. But, as Elsworth said, Floyd was the one you'd want in the trenches with you. And then there was the sheer speed of his hurdling. He actually appeared to jump faster than he galloped. Make A Stand is the only other hurdler I've seen with a technique like that, but Floyd somehow did it while jumping out to his right at every hurdle. |