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To be incensed by Knorr Stock Pots?

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NairyHipples · 22/11/2012 18:26

The amount of packaging (plastic, foil and paper) is shocking. It costs very little to boil some bones up with some old carrots and onions to make your own stock, so why do people buy them?
www.knorr.co.uk/Products/Knorr-Stock-Pots.aspx

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soapnuts · 22/11/2012 18:28

they are also ridiculously salty - I put one in a curry the other day (with no other added salt) and I ended up having to add a tub of creme fraiche to let down the saltiness! yuck - don't know what to do with the rest of the packet now.

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PorkyScratching · 22/11/2012 18:28

For the convenience.

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FlaminNoraImPregnantPanda · 22/11/2012 18:28

Incensed? By a pot of stock? You need to get out more. I could barely manage a 'meh' over a stock cube.

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BeerTricksPott3r · 22/11/2012 18:29

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goralka · 22/11/2012 18:29

funnily enough NairyHipples the ads for knorr stock pots are a major piss take in our house - the way the chef kind of places it reverently and cheffily into the pot right? when it's just a glorified oxo cube or something?

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phantomnamechanger · 22/11/2012 18:30

Er, I buy them cos they are tasty and quick - they go in soups, sauces, risotto (veggie ones so no bones anyway)- boiling up bones is something our grans might have had time for but I dont know a single busy mum who does it, except perhaps with a chicken to make soup.

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MimsyBorogroves · 22/11/2012 18:30

For the ease. I don't have the time to make up stock as well as cook something like a risotto. The times I have made my own it's been a bit bland.

That said, the knorr ones ARE disgustingly salty. I did the product test for the new bisto ones and they're really nice.

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StetsonsAreCool · 22/11/2012 18:31

I don't have time in my life to waste hanging around waiting for stock to boil.

And really, incensed? By stock?

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BunnyLebowski · 22/11/2012 18:31

I bloody love them but use sparingly in soups, stews etc.

Not all of us have the time or inclination to go boiling bones and carcasses Hmm

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Terrywoganstrousers · 22/11/2012 18:32

YABU. I buy them and I cook most things from scratch- I just CBA making stock.
I agree they do have a lot of packaging but they are so handy to have in the cupboard and are IMHO superior to most stick cubes, plus they are gluten free.
Don't buy them if you don't want, instead revel in your smugness the money you are saving while you boil up your carcasses.

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missymoomoomee · 22/11/2012 18:32

Grin the only old bones in this house are mine.

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Crikeyblimey · 22/11/2012 18:32

I have a perfect solution to your incensedness - don't buy them. Move on.

I do however have a long list of stuff you could get incensed about for me cos I don't have time to - you could do it whilst you watch the bones boil for bloody hours.

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Startail · 22/11/2012 18:33

Swiss bullion powder, one paper tub for loads of stock and just use as much or as little as tastes right.

Yes it is salty

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expatinscotland · 22/11/2012 18:33

They're so much more expensive than a stock cube and boiling water that I can't justify buying them.

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AlmostAHipster · 22/11/2012 18:33

The Bisto ones are bloody lovely Grin

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Ginandtonicandamassageplease · 22/11/2012 18:34

Only incensed by the amount of salt in them - ruined my soup!

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LadyMargolotta · 22/11/2012 18:35

YANBU. They are disgusting.

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mrskeithrichards · 22/11/2012 18:35

Where do you buy old bones anyway?

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mumsfretter · 22/11/2012 18:35

it's a stock cube of course it's salty! Just use half of one if you want and add some finely chopped celery.

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wewereherefirst · 22/11/2012 18:36

We use boullion powder. Much nicer!

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BeatTheClock · 22/11/2012 18:36

Oh I like Knorr stock cubes (better than Oxo imho). Haven't tried the stock pots but keep meaning to despite annoying adverts with that argumentative bloke.

Make my own stock? Nah.

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LadyMargolotta · 22/11/2012 18:36

mumsfretter - the problem with the stock pots is that you can't really use half without wasting the other half.

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goralka · 22/11/2012 18:38

yes the Swiss bouillon powder is great and if you have a Polski Sklep nearby there's a Polish version called Vegeta.

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Chandon · 22/11/2012 18:39

Incensed by stock potts!
This is why I love MN!

You nutter,or are you joking?

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