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Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup?
Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote:
Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Wholesalers will do you bulk packs but whether they work out cheaper is another matter. See eg https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/so...-soup/cup-soup https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/grocery/61/500561 but check locally as delivery is likely to be prohibitive PS I have to say the DIY element in that lunch falls rather short of the standard set by John Rumm projects - the more so if you didn't make the cake in the first place ;) PPS With John of course I'd be waiting with interest to see how he dressed the stones for his mill :) -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:48:11 +0100, Robin wrote:
Wholesalers will do you bulk packs but whether they work out cheaper is another matter. See eg https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/so...-soup/cup-soup https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/grocery/61/500561 Or Costco or Makro. but check locally as delivery is likely to be prohibitive Depends on what else you can tack onto the order to trigger a free delivery threshold. Or possibly "click and collect". Several of the local wholsalers around here started methods of selling "retail" when the lockdown happened and they where stuck with loads or produce/products as the restraunts/pubs/hotels etc stopped buying. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Brian -- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. -- Tim Lamb |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:26:53 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Never looked, hardly ever have it. Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), And you will only get 0.5% of actual ox-tail in yer packet of ox-tail soup (if you are lucky). ;-) And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat So, it looks more veg and chemicals than anything to do with an ox. ;-) banana That's good for you ... and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin Is it a magic tin or just very big? makes an easy d-i-y lunch. I'd say more like a 'pick-n-mix' lunch, given you won't have actually *made* any of it. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Did you forget you were a farmer Tim and with all the land you have there you could have some real veg in some real soup pretty quickly? If yer chef is away we can do you some frozen / microwaveable meals that would be both nutritious and tasty (and some more cakes for the tin. We have just had a slice of some very nice / rich birthday cake given to us). ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote:
Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? ISTR getting some from Makro once - a box about the size of your average cuppa soup box, but full filled with powder rather that sachets. (I think they needed a bit of "cooking" though rather than just add boiling water - so probably add water and microwave). I will have a look see if I can find the details. Yup found one: McDougals Thick Chicken Soup mix - 25 portions. Add required amount to small quantity of water and mix to a paste, add the rest of the water. Bring to boil add simmer for 5 mins. Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 22/09/2020 14:48, Robin wrote:
On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Wholesalers will do you bulk packs but whether they work out cheaper is another matter.* See eg https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/so...-soup/cup-soup https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/grocery/61/500561 but check locally as delivery is likely to be prohibitive PS I have to say the DIY element in that lunch falls rather short of the standard set by John Rumm projects - the more so if you didn't make the cake in the first place ;) Well you may be disappointed to learn that today's offering was a toasted onion and chive bagel, with lettuce, some cold roast beef, and a spoon of potato salad. Total DIY involvement was cutting the bagel in half and slapping it in the toaster. With John of course I'd be waiting with interest to see how he dressed the stones for his mill :) Hmmm, now that gives me an idea... Perhaps a big counterweight suspended bandsaw, then it can double for freehand bandsaw carving, and the preparing the odd side of beef! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote:
Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Knorr do most of their powder soups in 25 serving pots. Available from several places online, including Amazon. -- Colin Bignell |
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On Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:48:17 UTC+1, Robin wrote:
On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Wholesalers will do you bulk packs but whether they work out cheaper is another matter. See eg https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/so...-soup/cup-soup https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/grocery/61/500561 but check locally as delivery is likely to be prohibitive PS I have to say the DIY element in that lunch falls rather short of the standard set by John Rumm projects - the more so if you didn't make the cake in the first place ;) PPS With John of course I'd be waiting with interest to see how he dressed the stones for his mill :) I get the chappess up the road to dress the stones and grind the wheat. She's got a proper water mill. But I do make my own bread. Using organic wheat milled as above. And jolly nice it is too. Especially as it contains one of the few things you really can get for free. Yeast. And I make my own soup. Today's was gammon hock, lentil, potatoes, carrots, onions. And lots now in the freezer - soup and bread. |
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On 22/09/2020 16:30:40, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:26:53 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Never looked, hardly ever have it. Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), And you will only get 0.5% of actual ox-tail in yer packet of ox-tail soup (if you are lucky). ;-) And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat Shouldn't you be rejoicing? You're encouraging Mr Lamb to check how much meat is in his soup and ensuring it is higher than your 0.5%. |
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On Tuesday, 22 September 2020 16:38:39 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
Well you may be disappointed to learn that today's offering was a toasted onion and chive bagel, with lettuce, some cold roast beef, and a spoon of potato salad. I didn't get lunch as I happened to be visiting a neighbour (while it's still allowed) when she got a new fridge delivered and of course it needed unboxing and then muggins here pointed out she needed to reverse the door. Which was not easy as her kitchen wasn't big enough to lie it on its back to get the bottom hinge post out. Owain |
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In message , Robin
writes On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Wholesalers will do you bulk packs but whether they work out cheaper is another matter. See eg https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/so...-soup/cup-soup https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/grocery/61/500561 but check locally as delivery is likely to be prohibitive OK Ta. I'll have to check prices with the purchasing dept! PS I have to say the DIY element in that lunch falls rather short of the standard set by John Rumm projects - the more so if you didn't make the cake in the first place ;) Well I do add the boiling water thanks to Mr. Quooker and slicing cake requires a degree of precision. PPS With John of course I'd be waiting with interest to see how he dressed the stones for his mill :) I excavated a full size but broken one a few years back. Quickly re-buried in case the local museum got wind as we are said to have one of 4 Doomsday book water mills:-( -- Tim Lamb |
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Dave Liquorice writes On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:48:11 +0100, Robin wrote: Wholesalers will do you bulk packs but whether they work out cheaper is another matter. See eg https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/so...-soup/cup-soup https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/grocery/61/500561 Or Costco or Makro. We weren't buying enough from Costco to justify the annual charge and I don't know Makro. but check locally as delivery is likely to be prohibitive Depends on what else you can tack onto the order to trigger a free delivery threshold. Or possibly "click and collect". Several of the local wholsalers around here started methods of selling "retail" when the lockdown happened and they where stuck with loads or produce/products as the restraunts/pubs/hotels etc stopped buying. Good thinking. -- Tim Lamb |
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In message , T i m
writes On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:26:53 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Never looked, hardly ever have it. Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), And you will only get 0.5% of actual ox-tail in yer packet of ox-tail soup (if you are lucky). ;-) Total 20g. And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat So, it looks more veg and chemicals than anything to do with an ox. Yummy. ;-) banana That's good for you ... and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin Is it a magic tin or just very big? Someone else fills it so an exciting exploration. makes an easy d-i-y lunch. I'd say more like a 'pick-n-mix' lunch, given you won't have actually *made* any of it. Touch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Did you forget you were a farmer Tim and with all the land you have there you could have some real veg in some real soup pretty quickly? I have Celeriac, Calabrese, Potato, Carrots, Beetroot, Chard, Lettuce, an occasional Fig, lots of green Peppers, plenty of Leeks and Parsnips on the way. These are on the supper menu. Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else. If yer chef is away we can do you some frozen / microwaveable meals that would be both nutritious and tasty (and some more cakes for the tin. We have just had a slice of some very nice / rich birthday cake given to us). ;-) Chef is here but limping and currently very deaf! -- Tim Lamb |
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In message , John
Rumm writes On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? ISTR getting some from Makro once - a box about the size of your average cuppa soup box, but full filled with powder rather that sachets. (I think they needed a bit of "cooking" though rather than just add boiling water - so probably add water and microwave). I will have a look see if I can find the details. Yup found one: McDougals Thick Chicken Soup mix - 25 portions. Add required amount to small quantity of water and mix to a paste, add the rest of the water. Bring to boil add simmer for 5 mins. I think that is one of the options from Bachelors upthread. Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. -- Tim Lamb |
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In message , nightjar
writes On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Knorr do most of their powder soups in 25 serving pots. Available from several places online, including Amazon. Indeed. Appears to require saucepan and cooking time. The cup a soup brews while I am waiting for the toaster. Amazon seem to have some possibilities. Order every other month to get their free deliveries:-) -- Tim Lamb |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:55:32 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote: snip And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat So, it looks more veg and chemicals than anything to do with an ox. Yummy. ;-) snip and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin Is it a magic tin or just very big? Someone else fills it so an exciting exploration. Ah, the cake fairy. ;-) snip Did you forget you were a farmer Tim and with all the land you have there you could have some real veg in some real soup pretty quickly? I have Celeriac, Calabrese, Potato, Carrots, Beetroot, Chard, Lettuce, an occasional Fig, lots of green Peppers, plenty of Leeks and Parsnips on the way. These are on the supper menu. Did you know you said that out loud and will now be lambasted as a 'veggie'? (even if you have it with a side of beef)? ;-) Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else. Fairy nuff. We do have a soupmaker (it was dead when I went to use it last, another job on the list) and it really made making 'good / healthy' soup very easy. Chuck a few things off yer list in, a stock cube and some water up to the line, press the button and go do stuff for another 20 mins (or longer, they hold the heat for ages and can have a warming mode or can reheat anyway). Come back in and serve up what you need. Stick what's left in the fridge, next lunch, pour what you want into a bowl, pop in microwave for 2 mins while you are buttering the bread and selecting a magic cake ... If yer chef is away we can do you some frozen / microwaveable meals that would be both nutritious and tasty (and some more cakes for the tin. We have just had a slice of some very nice / rich birthday cake given to us). ;-) Chef is here but limping and currently very deaf! Oh dear, well send her our love etc ... Cheers, T i m |
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On 22/09/2020 23:31:44, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:55:32 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote: snip And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat So, it looks more veg and chemicals than anything to do with an ox. Yummy. ;-) snip and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin Is it a magic tin or just very big? Someone else fills it so an exciting exploration. Ah, the cake fairy. ;-) snip Did you forget you were a farmer Tim and with all the land you have there you could have some real veg in some real soup pretty quickly? I have Celeriac, Calabrese, Potato, Carrots, Beetroot, Chard, Lettuce, an occasional Fig, lots of green Peppers, plenty of Leeks and Parsnips on the way. These are on the supper menu. Did you know you said that out loud and will now be lambasted as a 'veggie'? (even if you have it with a side of beef)? ;-) I must be a veggie too. |
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Tim Lamb wrote:
boiling water thanks to Mr. Quooker I accidentally looked at the price of those the other day, up to 3 grand for the all-singing, all-dancing models! |
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T i m wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:55:32 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote: snip And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat So, it looks more veg and chemicals than anything to do with an ox. Yummy. ;-) snip and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin Is it a magic tin or just very big? Someone else fills it so an exciting exploration. Ah, the cake fairy. ;-) snip Did you forget you were a farmer Tim and with all the land you have there you could have some real veg in some real soup pretty quickly? I have Celeriac, Calabrese, Potato, Carrots, Beetroot, Chard, Lettuce, an occasional Fig, lots of green Peppers, plenty of Leeks and Parsnips on the way. These are on the supper menu. Did you know you said that out loud and will now be lambasted as a 'veggie'? (even if you have it with a side of beef)? ;-) Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else. Fairy nuff. We do have a soupmaker (it was dead when I went to use it last, another job on the list) and it really made making 'good / healthy' soup very easy. Chuck a few things off yer list in, a stock cube and some water up to the line, press the button and go do stuff for another 20 mins (or longer, they hold the heat for ages and can have a warming mode or can reheat anyway). Come back in and serve up what you need. Stick what's left in the fridge, next lunch, pour what you want into a bowl, pop in microwave for 2 mins while you are buttering the bread and selecting a magic cake ... If yer chef is away we can do you some frozen / microwaveable meals that would be both nutritious and tasty (and some more cakes for the tin. We have just had a slice of some very nice / rich birthday cake given to us). ;-) Chef is here but limping and currently very deaf! Oh dear, well send her our love etc ... Cheers, T i m So much for saving the planet. Gadgets like soup makers are for those too lazy to do things properly. So is throwing in a stock cube. |
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Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:
Costco?? Brian A large wholesale type place. You need to be a member, I think about £50 a year. You see them here and there but not a lot around. |
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Tim Lamb wrote:
Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Wouldnt a flask of real, homemade, soup be more tasty? I favour soup for lunch in the colder months- not that work environment is cold, it is just habit. A flask of soup and some homemade bread and some fruit. Get one of the Stanley stainless steel flasks designed for food. Squat little things. |
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On 23/09/2020 08:11, Radio Man wrote:
Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote: Costco?? Brian A large wholesale type place. You need to be a member, I think about £50 a year. pure con they list professions then "member of the AA" total pish...never seen such a scabby bunch of weegies in there... You see them here and there but not a lot around. the more you buy the more you use brian....I joined the Glasgow one for a few years about '95 and have rejoined for a few years since then ......buy in bulk use in bulk...anyway Costco stuff is not much cheaper and their tyres are overpriced...used to be cheap until Michelin took over.......and why pay money to save money?.......have to say as a non member you can still go to the restaurant and buy the cheap disgusting not good for you food...AND the HUGE cakes with the delicious frosting has cooking lard in the icing......that is why it is so white.....wife is a sugar craft expert |
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In message , Andy Burns
writes Tim Lamb wrote: boiling water thanks to Mr. Quooker I accidentally looked at the price of those the other day, up to 3 grand for the all-singing, all-dancing models! Kitchen tackle was purchased by the responsible authority although I think ours is a very basic hot only model. Our kettle now lives on a shelf in the larder. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 22/09/2020 21:18, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , nightjar writes On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? *Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an* easy d-i-y lunch. *The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4* packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I* wonder if anyone has found a source. Knorr do most of their powder soups in 25 serving pots. Available from several places online, including Amazon. Indeed. Appears to require saucepan and cooking time. The cup a soup brews while I am waiting for the toaster. Porridge oats are supposed to be cooked. I find pouring boiling water on them and waiting a bit works just fine. I suspect the same would be true of powder soup. Amazon seem to have some possibilities. Order every other month to get their free deliveries:-) -- Colin Bignell |
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In message , Radio Man
writes Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an easy d-i-y lunch. The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4 packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I wonder if anyone has found a source. Wouldnt a flask of real, homemade, soup be more tasty? Probably although there is little to criticise about packet soups. I am looking at the low labour/time angle. I favour soup for lunch in the colder months- not that work environment is cold, it is just habit. A flask of soup and some homemade bread and some fruit. Or two slices of Warburtons seeded bread, toasted and dunked:-) Get one of the Stanley stainless steel flasks designed for food. Squat little things. Dirty mug just goes in the dishwasher. -- Tim Lamb |
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In message , nightjar
writes On 22/09/2020 21:18, Tim Lamb wrote: In message , nightjar writes On 22/09/2020 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote: Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? *Toast, cup of soup (oxtail is good Tim and shows they use all the animal), banana and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin makes an* easy d-i-y lunch. *The shopping dept. comes home from Waitrose with packs containing 3 or 4* packet soups. It must be possible to purchase these packs in bulk and I* wonder if anyone has found a source. Knorr do most of their powder soups in 25 serving pots. Available from several places online, including Amazon. Indeed. Appears to require saucepan and cooking time. The cup a soup brews while I am waiting for the toaster. Porridge oats are supposed to be cooked. I find pouring boiling water on them and waiting a bit works just fine. I suspect the same would be true of powder soup. I prefer my porridge with milk and use one of those cups with *porridge* to here/milk to here marks. One minute at 900watts microwave, quick stir and a second minute does the job. Flahavans Oats best as they take out the fines. Other brands settle in the packs and lead to *boil over* issues when too many fines are in the mix:-( Amazon seem to have some possibilities. Order every other month to get their free deliveries:-) -- Tim Lamb |
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On 22/09/2020 21:18, Tim Lamb wrote:
Indeed. Appears to require saucepan and cooking time. The cup a soup brews while I am waiting for the toaster. So does microwaving some frozen or at least chilled soup -- Progress is precisely that which rules and regulations did not foresee, Ludwig von Mises |
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On Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:27:06 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
Anyone come across a bulk source for packet soup? Ebay/Amazon have the in-cup instant soup drinks used by vending machines, usually work out about 20p each, but the portion size is quite small. Owain |
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In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes On 22/09/2020 21:18, Tim Lamb wrote: Indeed. Appears to require saucepan and cooking time. The cup a soup brews while I am waiting for the toaster. So does microwaving some frozen or at least chilled soup Yes but I would then be taking up fridge space controlled by others:-) Also, with a range of packs, I can have a different soup every day. -- Tim Lamb |
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:11:01 -0000 (UTC), Radio Man
wrote: snip Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else. Fairy nuff. We do have a soupmaker (it was dead when I went to use it last, another job on the list) and it really made making 'good / healthy' soup very easy. Chuck a few things off yer list in, a stock cube and some water up to the line, press the button and go do stuff for another 20 mins (or longer, they hold the heat for ages and can have a warming mode or can reheat anyway). Come back in and serve up what you need. Stick what's left in the fridge, next lunch, pour what you want into a bowl, pop in microwave for 2 mins while you are buttering the bread and selecting a magic cake ... snip So much for saving the planet. Whoosh. Gadgets like soup makers are for those too lazy to do things properly. So is throwing in a stock cube. What part of Tim's "Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else" didn't you get Brain Ray? And how even is he going to heat the water for the packet soup, magic? Is the packet soup going to be as healthy as one made from fresh veg (and the point). Get back under yer bridge you stupid, pointless , nymshifting troll. Cheers, T i m |
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On 23/09/2020 08:11, Radio Man wrote:
T i m wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:55:32 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote: snip And this sort of things: Water, Tomatoes (5%), Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Beef (2%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Oxtail (0.5%), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings (contain Celery, Milk), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotides, Glycine), Emulsifiers (Pentasodium Triphosphate, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Milk Proteins, Sugar, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring Dietary Information Contains Barley, Contains Celery, Contains Milk, May Contain Wheat So, it looks more veg and chemicals than anything to do with an ox. Yummy. ;-) snip and a slice of whatever cake I find in the tin Is it a magic tin or just very big? Someone else fills it so an exciting exploration. Ah, the cake fairy. ;-) snip Did you forget you were a farmer Tim and with all the land you have there you could have some real veg in some real soup pretty quickly? I have Celeriac, Calabrese, Potato, Carrots, Beetroot, Chard, Lettuce, an occasional Fig, lots of green Peppers, plenty of Leeks and Parsnips on the way. These are on the supper menu. Did you know you said that out loud and will now be lambasted as a 'veggie'? (even if you have it with a side of beef)? ;-) Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else. Fairy nuff. We do have a soupmaker (it was dead when I went to use it last, another job on the list) and it really made making 'good / healthy' soup very easy. Chuck a few things off yer list in, a stock cube and some water up to the line, press the button and go do stuff for another 20 mins (or longer, they hold the heat for ages and can have a warming mode or can reheat anyway). Come back in and serve up what you need. Stick what's left in the fridge, next lunch, pour what you want into a bowl, pop in microwave for 2 mins while you are buttering the bread and selecting a magic cake ... If yer chef is away we can do you some frozen / microwaveable meals that would be both nutritious and tasty (and some more cakes for the tin. We have just had a slice of some very nice / rich birthday cake given to us). ;-) Chef is here but limping and currently very deaf! Oh dear, well send her our love etc ... Cheers, T i m So much for saving the planet. Gadgets like soup makers are for those too lazy to do things properly. So is throwing in a stock cube. does me brian ...yum |
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On 23/09/2020 12:36, T i m wrote:
On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:11:01 -0000 (UTC), Radio Man wrote: snip Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else. Fairy nuff. We do have a soupmaker (it was dead when I went to use it last, another job on the list) and it really made making 'good / healthy' soup very easy. Chuck a few things off yer list in, a stock cube and some water up to the line, press the button and go do stuff for another 20 mins (or longer, they hold the heat for ages and can have a warming mode or can reheat anyway). Come back in and serve up what you need. Stick what's left in the fridge, next lunch, pour what you want into a bowl, pop in microwave for 2 mins while you are buttering the bread and selecting a magic cake ... snip So much for saving the planet. Whoosh. Gadgets like soup makers are for those too lazy to do things properly. So is throwing in a stock cube. What part of Tim's "Time is what I don't have and, apart from the shopping, my lunch does not involve anyone else" didn't you get Brain Ray? And how even is he going to heat the water for the packet soup, magic? Is the packet soup going to be as healthy as one made from fresh veg (and the point). Get back under yer bridge you stupid, pointless , nymshifting troll. Cheers, T i m brian has a bridge ? |
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On 24 Sep 2020 09:42:53 GMT, Tim Streater
wrote: On 23 Sep 2020 at 22:06:31 BST, "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote: On 23/09/2020 12:36, T i m wrote: Get back under yer bridge you stupid, pointless , nymshifting troll. Cheers, T i m brian has a bridge ? He bought it off T r o l l . Hey, Squeaker Goblin, that was actually quite funny for a change! Still, chance would suggest it had to happen sooner or later. And the good fortune worked for both me and Brain Ray very well. He got an unused bridge and a home like yours! Cheers, T i m |
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