soup stock

[saundra]

dif which is best for stock
oxo cub
knoor cub
or those little pots of stock
i used oxo last week
dont make stock its easier to buy
thanks xx

[Rodo]

Well, I don't use any of them. They are all too salty in my view. I boil up chicken bones or extra vegetables etc. etc. and freeze blocks of stock. I also keep the excess from cooking meat in the slow cooker as beef stock.

[Diflower]

I do make stock but often use cubes/powder too, since I make a lot of soup and don't cook that many chickens or joints of meat!

For soups I use either a chicken oxo or a big teaspoon of Marigold veg stock, and if it's oxo then don't add any other salt till I've tasted it.
The Marigold is quite pricy,about £1.80 a tub I think, but that would make at least 10 batches of soup, probably more. I've tried veg stock cubes and they're awful. Marigold comes in lower salt too
I've never used the little pots of stock, my soup is based on being really cheap to make

[Workingman]

Stock cubes I find too salty, same as Rodo.

I always keep a tin of Marigold Boullion in the cupboard. One third of a tin equals an adult's daily intake of salt, but as I only use a teaspoon I am not that bothered.

Knorr also do a similar sized tin of chicken stock powder with similar values as Marigold, but there is a low salt version. It's another always-in product.

I do use chicken bones and veg to make stock, which I simmer down so that when it cools it forms a jelly. I freeze some, but also keep a dish in the fridge as it lasts ages.

[saundra]

thankyou every one for info
im like dif dont cook chickens or meat these days only if people come then its usually pork
but in coop there knoor chicken little pot things were special offer £1.00
and 4 pots in each so i got 2
wrong board but ryvita was £1.00
and rice cakes£1.00 never tried those before
never seen marigold stuff thought they were gloves

[Workingman]

...never seen marigold stuff thought they were gloves

It's a vegetable stock powder Saundra, and very nice too. It even makes a good warm drink when coming in out of the cold.

[Diflower]

I usually get the low-salt Marigold but they didn't have any so this tin is full-salt. It says 0.9g sodium per 5g, which is a teaspoon. As the last bit I used was 1 teaspoon in a batch of soup that's done 4 portions that's not too much is it?
Likewise chicken oxo. 1 cube = 1.59g salt, and I'd only use 1 cube for 6 portions of soup.

We don't eat much in the way of processed foods so I don't worry too much. If we do ever have something like a jar of pasta sauce (sometimes cheaper than a tin of tomatoes), tbh it's the amount of sugar that puts us off, I add wine, wine vinegar, anything to unsweeten it

Saundra can't remember if you have Lidl, their crispbreads are really nice and cheaper than Ryvita, only 59p

[Workingman]

I don't do processed foods either, I like to know what is in what I eat.

Yesterday I did a big pan of vegetable rice and used a teaspoon of Marigold and a dsp of soya sauce for the stock. Got eight portions sitting nicely in the freezer - so hardly any salt per portion.

[saundra]

dif we have either lidle or aldi here
its quite near morrissons so i would either have to carry shopping
between them both
or just shop at one of them and morrisons wins these days

[Osc]

Low-salt Marigold in this house also, plus I buy Kallo organic stock cubes for when I want chicken or beef stock.