Taking Stock.

Advantages: A quick and easy way to produce a tasty stock.
Disadvantages: Nothing .

...Such a lot of the meat that we buy today has very little taste attached to it, sadly the animals are force fed and the meat hits the supermarket shelf as soon as the animal has been slaughtered, hence the meat is given no time to hang to gather taste. If I am buying meat for a special occasion then a visit to my local butchers is on the cards, he can provide some good organic meat but it comes at a high price. Like us all I buy chicken and red meat from the supermarket and just hope that I can inject some flavour into it myself. I am sure that most larders are bulging with sauces, granules and bottles of flavouring. Knorr Chicken stock granules are a useful store cupboard staple and they are just slightly different from other stock granules and cubes. Knorr have packed these granules into a tin and then given the tin a plastic lid to...

Sarahjh1 06.09.2009 · Read review
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Take Stock of your tastebuds

Advantages: delicious food, the building
Disadvantages: bit dark 10% service charge, some things a bit pricy for what thy are

...Posh restaurants intrigue me as I have never really dined in one. I have read the reviews in local and weekend newspapers and slathered over the descriptions of divine sounding dishes. However I have also tutted over the prices commanded by these prestigious establishments. I do know the chefs have more experience and the ingredients used are generally better but is the mark up on meals actually justified? I got my chance to find out when Duskman became Dr Dusk and graduated with his PHD. To celebrate we went to Stock in Manchester City Centre for a no expenses spared meal and what a delight it was. Stock is an Italian restaurant but it is not any old Italian restaurant. Do not go there expecting pepperoni pizza or good old spag bol!. Instead Stock is one of the finest Italian restaurants in Britain with one of the finest wine lists...

duskmaiden 29.07.2005 (30.07.2005) · Read review
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Review of Stock

A stock for all seasons!

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

...I love to make soup especially at this time of year and always use Kallo organic stock cubes as I think they are simply the best around! Kallo organic stock cubes come in several different varieties including vegetable and free range chicken and well as a low salt version. I am going to tell you about the free range chicken cubes. Kallo started life as a small family run business 20 years ago, producing organic products. Today Kallo are part of the giant Wessanen NV group based in the Netherlands. Kallo also make rice cakes, Whole earth peanut butter and the SO Good Range. I can also recommend Whole Earth peanut butter! Kallo chicken stock cubes come in a small orange cardboard box. Each pack contains 6 stock cubes. The cubes are individually foiled wrapped to keep them fresh. They have a long shelf life. The reason I buy Kallo as...

anwar 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of KALLO ORGANIC FREE RANGE CHICKEN STOCK CUBES

I Won't Be Keeping A Stock Of Stock Pots In My Cupboard

Advantages: none at all
Disadvantages: overpriced, salty, artificial

...The secret to a good soup is starting with a good quality stock for the base. I make my own chicken stock by boiling down chicken bones with water and it makes an exceptionally tasty soup but when I make my lentil soup only knorr ham cubes will do. I had spotted the knorr stock pots on the shelves of the supermarkets several times and wondered if they were any good but the price of around £2 for a box of eight potions put me off. Luckily one day they were on half price offer so I chucked them into my trolley. Knorr claim that these stock pots are "a rich concentrated stock made from selected meats, herbs and spices that are gently simmered into a concentrated little pot" so I was expecting something better than a bog standard commercially prepared stock cube. I was not expecting it to be as good as my home made chicken stock but I was...

wigglylittleworm 11.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Knorr Stock Pots

Lock, Stock and Two Thumbs Up!

Advantages: Great direction, acting, plot twists
Disadvantages: Bad lannguage and rather bloodthirsty - you have been warned!!

... LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS film only review Eddy: "They're armed." Soap: "Armed!? armed with what?" Eddy: "Err, bad breath, colourful language, feather duster... what do you think they're gonna be armed with? Guns, you tit!" Soap: "A minute ago this was the safest job in the world. Now it's turning into a bad day in Bosnia." In 1998 an unknown British film Director named Guy Ritchie set off to film a side of London that was rarely seen. A deep underground syndicate of crime, corruption, and power; but instead of documenting it, and sulking his viewers in darkness, he made it a damn good time. A surprising sketch of wonderful ideas, situations, and dialogue. In 1999 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was released world wide. It introduced the world to Ritchie's groovy stylized...

baherbc 03.11.2009 · Read review
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Don't be a chicken try this stock pot

Advantages: Use what you need rather than a whole stock cube
Disadvantages: Contains salt

...Stock pots were very popular many years ago and bones, vegetables and odds and ends were continually boiled up to provide the stock for sauces, soups and casseroles, but I am pleased to say life is easier now, and probably healthier when I think about stock pots sitting in warm conditions on the stove for a few days! All we need to do now is crumble a stock cube or as in this case sprinkle on a spoonful of granules. I have an assortment of stock cubes, granules and liquid stock and it depends what I am making as to what I use. I prefer stock cubes for large pots of soup and use 1 or 2 per pot of soup, but when making a stir fry or a white sauce that requires some stock if I need less than ¾pt I tend to use the granules or some liquid stock. The squat round shaped tub is made of metal and has a green plastic lid. It is brightly...

jo145 23.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Knorr Chicken Stock Granules

Stockings but no Ladders

Advantages: Quick and easy to use
Disadvantages: Expensive if you pay full price

...I only heard about this \"spray on tights\" product from a friend of mine this weekend, she was doing the usual with her beauty products, do you want this as its no good for me routine and i end up with a bag of goodies to bring home. She told me about a spray she had bought called Air Stocking and told me what it was. Spray on tights?? are you joking i said, lafing out loud. I havent worn tights since i found a self tanning cream that i liked a couple of years ago so i wasnt sure about this product. Anyway she brought out the can and gave it a shake and sprayed a little on my arm to give me the idea. Oooo it looks pretty good where did you get this? Home Bargains she replied, its retailed at £24.99 but they are selling it at £1.99. As it happens that was where we were going anyway so i said id be getting some of that...

LadyBev 19.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Air Stocking Premier Silk

An Easier Way to Make Stock

Advantages: Quick and Easy to use
Disadvantages: High Salt content, Contains Lactose

...I always keep a supply of stock cubes and other herbs etc in my cupboard for when I am cooking as you never know when you may need them. I have always had the problem that I am not patient and get fed up waiting on stock cubes to dissolve! The last time I went to tesco and stock was on my list, I noticed just next to the cubes was a new product from Knorr. It was a little tin tub, with a green lid and a similar picture to that on the cubes packets. It was Chicken Stock. Looking at the tub closer, I realised that they were granules. So for £1.59, I bought the 150g tub. I shoved it in the cupboard and when I next needed stock I got the Granules out. I took the green lid off and there was a metal cover which had a ring pull and I pulled it off. Very similar to tins of baby milk. The smell of the chicken stock was instant...

Groovee 10.12.2003 (12.12.2003) · Read review
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Review of Knorr Chicken Stock Granules

Knorr Chicken Stock Granules Mmmm

Advantages: Resealable Tin
Disadvantages: Not Enough

...Can i just say that this product is a god send. I use it for making Spicy Chicken Fried Rice and is the first ingredient on my list to give the rice that base chicken flavour before adding the spices. The stock granules come in a tin with a plastic resealable lid. There's also a security tag underneath the plasti lid which i tend to remove after my fist use. The stock has that traditional knorr chcken taste but appear to give a fuller flavour to dishes. Ths stuff is also very good for drizzling over chicken fillets just to provide that extra flavour you need. Its actually a well presented product which cost me around £1.69. But i would regard this as good value for money. I would recommend trying it....

cheekyegg 03.10.2008 · Read review
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Lock Stock is a Hot Rock

Advantages: direction, story, main actors, camera, soundtrack
Disadvantages: plays to stereotype, subtitles maybe needed, too short

...Lock Stock is a gem of a movie about 4 young Cockney rogues, but generally nice guys, who decide to play their hands at the poker table with £100,000 of their savings. Only problem is that even though they are quite streetwise they're clearly out of their depth when playing against Hatchet Harry, the local heavy. As a consequence they end up owing him half a million by next week otherwise its goodbye fingers & toes! The movie is superbly directed & choreographed by Madonna's latest hubbie, Guy Richie. Clearly influenced by Tarantino, Richie turns on the style with interesting camera angles, lighting, a cool soundtrack and a very witty script. The characterisation is full & rounded, although does sometimes vear towards the stereotypical, especially with the portrayal of the real bad guys - Hatchet & Co. But the other four guys...

dreamstar70 07.01.2001 · Read review
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