Alcoblog Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Im thinking on the same lines actually. I was wondering today how many cows there were in an OXO stock cube. Apart from the beef ones, I'd guess about none. Unless some cows and sheep followed the chickens into the chicken squishing room to see where they were going? (whilst eating vegetables) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Im thinking on the same lines actually. I was wondering today how many cows there were in an OXO stock cube. I'd be more interested in knowing how many babies are used in a bottle of Johnsons Baby Oil. I think we should be told these important facts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I'd be more interested in knowing how many babies are used in a bottle of Johnsons Baby Oil. I think we should be told these important facts! Worse still what about Bassetts Jelly Babies ? Not only babies but they are different coloured ones !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghozer Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The ingredients are as follows.. Salt, Potato Starch, Vegetable Oil, Chicken Powder 1.5%, Chicken Fat (3%), Spices (Turmeric, Pepper, Celery Seed), Flavourings, Onion, Herbs (Parsley, Tarragon), Citric Acid, Caramelised Sugar, Maltodextrin, Spice extracts. Now, Chicken Powder 1.5%, i'm guessing this is the rubbish they can't normally use, ground down, like all the rubbish you wouldn't normally eat.. Chicken Fat (3%) - well, enough said really.. So I rekon there's about 0.01 chicken per cube, or something like that. but being a chef, you should know how to make stock, throw all the left overs of the chicken into a pan of boiling water, leave it for a few hours, then remove all the large bits, add spices and flavours, and reduce as much as you want.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Worse still what about Bassetts Jelly Babies ? Not only babies but they are different coloured ones !! Now clearly they are made of jelly shaped like babies, but Baby oil is another matter I reckon... You'll be telling me next that there are no sunflowers in sunflower oil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Er ... getting back to the actual subject of chicken cubes ... Here's a recent photograph (furtively taken) of the Knorr chicken stock cube manufacturing line. I think, from this photograph, you can plainly see that it takes seven chickens to produce one stock cube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 The ingredients are as follows.. Salt, Potato Starch, Vegetable Oil, Chicken Powder 1.5%, Chicken Fat (3%), Spices (Turmeric, Pepper, Celery Seed), Flavourings, Onion, Herbs (Parsley, Tarragon), Citric Acid, Caramelised Sugar, Maltodextrin, Spice extracts. Now, Chicken Powder 1.5%, i'm guessing this is the rubbish they can't normally use, ground down, like all the rubbish you wouldn't normally eat.. Chicken Fat (3%) - well, enough said really.. So I rekon there's about 0.01 chicken per cube, or something like that. but being a chef, you should know how to make stock, throw all the left overs of the chicken into a pan of boiling water, leave it for a few hours, then remove all the large bits, add spices and flavours, and reduce as much as you want.. Yes ... I know that! But it doesn't state how many chickens it's a percentage of! I'm sticking to seven ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Yes ... I know that! But it doesn't state how many chickens it's a percentage of! I'm sticking to seven ... I thinking it could just be one chickens foot or its wing !:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 6 stock cubes? Why not just add a bag of salt and have done with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Yes ... I know that! But it doesn't state how many chickens it's a percentage of! I'm sticking to seven ... I fear the actual number may never be determined, as the majority of us will probably recall that when we were growing up we were repeatedly told never to count our chickens ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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