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oxo cubes

milemile
edited January 2008 in Chit chat
i've been looking for chinese style oxo cube (oxo brand) ive been in 5 supermarkets now across the county and they seem to have disapeared. i have also looked on the oxo cube website and it is still under construction or something.

have you seen any recently?
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  • Jumping StackJumping Stack
    edited January 2008
    mile wrote: »
    i've been looking for chinese style oxo cube (oxo brand) ive been in 5 supermarkets now across the county and they seem to have disapeared. i have also looked on the oxo cube website and it is still under construction or something.

    have you seen any recently?

    Don't panic! Mix half a chicken or vegetable oxo and half a teaspoon of chinese 5 spice and you'll be there.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited January 2008
    Did you look behind the sofa?
  • milemile
    edited January 2008
    Jumping Stack wrote: »
    Don't panic! Mix half a chicken or vegetable oxo and half a teaspoon of chinese 5 spice and you'll be there.

    nice one, i'll give that a bash. :)
  • milemile
    edited January 2008
    has anyone seen this?

    http://www.london-eating.co.uk/1626.htm

    i bet they serve you cups on hot bovrill and an oxo cube on a plate, then charge you 100 pounds.
  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited January 2008
    mile wrote: »
    has anyone seen this?

    http://www.london-eating.co.uk/1626.htm

    i bet they serve you cups on hot bovrill and an oxo cube on a plate, then charge you 100 pounds.

    I used to work right next to that... Never ate there.
    (It looked like fairly normal grub though - typical London prices.)

    Andrew
  • milemile
    edited January 2008
    andrew_rollings wrote: »
    I used to work right next to that... Never ate there.
    (It looked like fairly normal grub though - typical London prices.)

    Andrew

    typical london prices are crazy. i'm still not happy in the north as the price of fish'n'chips with mushy peas and a pint of stout (usually with a meat pie for the dog) has gone past the 50p mark.
  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited January 2008
    mile wrote: »
    typical london prices are crazy. i'm still not happy in the north as the price of fish'n'chips with mushy peas and a pint of stout (usually with a meat pie for the dog) has gone past the 50p mark.

    Well past, I would have thought...

    Andrew
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited January 2008
    mile wrote: »
    has anyone seen this?

    http://www.london-eating.co.uk/1626.htm

    i bet they serve you cups on hot bovrill and an oxo cube on a plate, then charge you 100 pounds.

    Don't get me started on poncy food, my wife's a chef (as I'm sure I've mentioned a million times before), and I constantly remind her that she should be ashamed of herself for working for such greedy cunts as Wolfgang Puck, and that Shane whatshisface that owns Pied Te Terre in London. I tell her poncy grub is a fucking rip-off.

    She tells me I'm not adventurous enough and I only eat crap, well at least crappy food tastes nice and you get your moneys worth.

    I tell her nobody wants to pay $80 for a tiny plate with a seared pigeon on it swimming in a moat of dog spunk, with 2 tiny carrots on the side and a pinch of grass on top.

    Bollocks to that!
    Every night is curry night!
  • CollieCollie
    edited January 2008
    I heard a rumour from someone who's husband works for Oxo (or whoever owns the brand) that because of all this healthy eating stuff going around, they're having to reduce the salt content of the cubes, only by reducing the salt the taste becomes rubbish so they're having to reduce the sodium levels gradually, hoping no-one will notice the subtle taste changes taking place. Many Bothans died to bring me that information.

    Actually it could have been Bisto gravy, but I'm sure they're all in on the scam!
  • gasmangasman
    edited January 2008
    mile wrote: »
    has anyone seen this?
    http://www.london-eating.co.uk/1626.htm

    Aww. They've taken down all the spoof "my boyfriend took me up the Oxo tower for my birthday" comments since I last saw that page. Spoilsports :(
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited January 2008
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I tell her nobody wants to pay $80 for a tiny plate with a seared pigeon on it swimming in a moat of dog spunk, with 2 tiny carrots on the side and a pinch of grass on top.

    You should watch Masterchef. I'm sure you'd find it very entertaining!

    The sad thing is, people do want to pay ridiculous amounts of money for crap food. Give me a curry or kebab and chips anyday!
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • milemile
    edited January 2008
    Vampyre wrote: »
    You should watch Masterchef. I'm sure you'd find it very entertaining!

    The sad thing is, people do want to pay ridiculous amounts of money for crap food. Give me a curry or kebab and chips anyday!

    they should have never changed the format of that show. bring loyd grossman back.
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited January 2008
    I took my missus up the Oxo Tower once. She said it made her whole week.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/oxo_tower/
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited January 2008
    Dave_C wrote: »
    I took my missus up the Oxo Tower once. She said it made her whole week

    hmmmm...I'm not even going to say anything, the possibilities are endless :lol:
    Every night is curry night!
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