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Title: Oxo.
Post by: amigov6 on 30 September 2009, 18:33:04
Got back to the yard today, crumbled a beef (red) oxo into a cup, poured hot water in and drank it. Only one person of several said they used to drink hot oxo as a kid, the rest stood gormless & wide eyed.
     Each to thier own but i've drunk it all my life so was surprised so many had'nt!!! :o
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: CaptainZok on 30 September 2009, 18:44:02
Better with two cubes and a packet of cream crackers, buttered to dunk. :y :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Jimbob on 30 September 2009, 18:44:36
heard of it a lot as a kid....never something i really fancied though.

Bovril was drunk more iirc.
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: The Red Baron on 30 September 2009, 18:45:09
nowt wrong with a good beef drink guy :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 30 September 2009, 18:45:38
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Better with two cubes and a packet of cream crackers, buttered to dunk. :y :y



That's what I was trying to think of Captain - scrummy :y :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Richie London on 30 September 2009, 18:57:56
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Got back to the yard today, crumbled a beef (red) oxo into a cup, poured hot water in and drank it. Only one person of several said they used to drink hot oxo as a kid, the rest stood gormless & wide eyed.
     Each to thier own but i've drunk it all my life so was surprised so many had'nt!!! :o

i still have the occasional cup, dupping some bread in it as well  :y :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Elite Pete on 30 September 2009, 18:59:40
Bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. I'm not a big fan, much prefer a nice strong cuppa Yorkshire Tea :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Brick Tamland on 30 September 2009, 19:05:13
I've just put the kettle on, I have to try this :D
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: CaptainZok on 30 September 2009, 19:08:39
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I've just put the kettle on, I have to try this :D
Make sure you've got plenty of cream crackers in to dunk then.
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: HolyCount on 30 September 2009, 19:12:32
I used to take the cubes to work -- makes a nice warming drink at lunchtime.  Mind you I haven't had an oxo drink in many a year -- wonder if my taste buds have changed !!!
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 30 September 2009, 19:13:16
Loved it as a kid, even more so when the chicken oxo came out, used to demolish half a loaf in the proccess   ( DIP YER BREAD  :P :P)
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Brick Tamland on 30 September 2009, 19:14:42
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I've just put the kettle on, I have to try this :D
Make sure you've got plenty of cream crackers in to dunk then.

Nice  ;) Must have this more often  ;D
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: CaptainZok on 30 September 2009, 19:15:55
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I've just put the kettle on, I have to try this :D
Make sure you've got plenty of cream crackers in to dunk then.

Nice  ;) Must have this more often  ;D
Looks like we've got a convert already.
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: STMO999 on 30 September 2009, 19:24:54
When I was a lad, we were often very skint, and the dog would get a bowl of bread with lashings of oxo for it's dinner. ;D
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 30 September 2009, 19:37:55
Eating a Oxo cube by itself used to be my thing.......mmmmmmmmm :-* :-* :-* 8-) 8-)
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Post by: Pete Elite on 30 September 2009, 19:47:29
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heard of it a lot as a kid....never something i really fancied though.

Bovril was drunk more iirc.

   I haven't had one of them in years, brings back memories and were lovely, speaking of Bovril, i used to love Bovril crisps :y.
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Richie London on 30 September 2009, 20:26:11
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Bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. I'm not a big fan, much prefer a nice strong cuppa Yorkshire Tea :y

i happen to run out of sugar and milk today, black tea aint bad is it. not sure about the colour of the cup it leaves
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 30 September 2009, 21:49:58
Funny that i was looking at the bovril earlier in sainsburys thinking gotta get a jar for the winter....Good hot drink for the cold and wet nights to come....mmmmm :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Vamps on 30 September 2009, 22:32:47
I am a 2 Cube drinker, tend to have it in the winter.. :D :D  Neve ever 'dunked' though, will have to think about that next time.. :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: jonnycool on 30 September 2009, 22:41:27
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Eating a Oxo cube by itself used to be my thing.......mmmmmmmmm :-* :-* :-* 8-) 8-)

I've just been sick in my mouth   :P  Yuck
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Ghost on 01 October 2009, 00:19:14
I also used to drink oxo as a kid, But I could not get it in germany so its been years since Ive had a cuppa oxo.
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Stevie-blunder on 01 October 2009, 00:41:37
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Bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. I'm not a big fan, much prefer a nice strong cuppa Yorkshire Tea :y

Isn't that a football team Marmite United (my name for Man Utd) You either love them or hate them.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Jukeboxnut on 01 October 2009, 22:19:31
Back in the early 70's I worked in a small engineering company and we always had Oxo drinks during tea breaks, gorgeous it was, must try it again.
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: amigov6 on 01 October 2009, 23:17:42
Bring back the oxo drink. Cheap & only 19 calories for us fatboys, no milk or sugar!! :y
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: ali on 01 October 2009, 23:19:14
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Bring back the oxo drink. Cheap & only 19 calories for us fatboys, no milk or sugar!! :y
are they high in salt though :-?
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: bob.dent on 02 October 2009, 09:57:53
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When I was a lad, we were often very skint, and the dog would get a bowl of bread with lashings of oxo for it's dinner. ;D

LUXURY!! When I was t' lad, we had to pay to go t' work and lived in shoebox at bottom of t' lake. Fatha used to whip us with leather belt at bedtime and we used to get up for work 4 hours before we went to bed............

I'll get me coat! ;D
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: albitz on 02 October 2009, 10:13:14
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When I was a lad, we were often very skint, and the dog would get a bowl of bread with lashings of oxo for it's dinner. ;D

LUXURY!! When I was t' lad, we had to pay to go t' work and lived in shoebox at bottom of t' lake. Fatha used to whip us with leather belt at bedtime and we used to get up for work 4 hours before we went to bed............

I'll get me coat! ;D
..........................and you tell that to the kids today Bob and they just dont believe it.  :y ;D
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: Pitchfork on 02 October 2009, 18:26:45
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Loved it as a kid, even more so when the chicken oxo came out, used to demolish half a loaf in the proccess   ( DIP YER BREAD  :P :P)
Oh Yes! That was lunch in the 6th form
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: omegaman2 on 03 October 2009, 22:53:46
pie and abovril at the match
oxo just the same
Title: Re: Oxo.
Post by: PhilRich on 04 October 2009, 18:26:55
Hot OXO (drool) got me & my oppos through a lot of really bad winters down at Hartlepool Docks when we were Sea Cadets many moons ago (them was the days) :y