Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:10 pm
Oh God, Oxo cubes!
My mum encouraged me to drink that concoction when I was a kid.
Vile!
My mum encouraged me to drink that concoction when I was a kid.
Vile!
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:17 pm
Not sure why my last post is all sizes, sorry.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:56 pm
Horlicks and broad beans sounds like an interesting combination...englishangel wrote:Richard Ruck wrote:You can never finish discussing beer - it's just too interesting a topic.Ruthie-Baby wrote:well we've discussed the lager/beer question...
I mostly like to drink good ale (which limits my choice of pubs quite a bit), but there is also a place for good lager, especially German, Czech, Japanese etc.
Unfortunately a lot of British pubs just serve mass-produced rubbish which has a nasty metallic taste and gives you a headache.
I'm sure that Satan is already involved in the brewing industry - that's why we see unspeakable (and undrinkable) garbage like Caffrey's (and any other 'smoothflow' beer) in our pubs. This stuff and American 'lite' beers are absolute proof of the involvement of the horned one. Beer for people who don't really like beer.
Younger drinkers can at least be grateful that they missed the '60s and '70s - the heyday of Watney's Red Barrel, Double Diamond, etc.
OK, rant over, but it won't take much to set me off again......a mention of 'a cup of Bovril' should do it. Anyone out there who actually likes drinking the stuff?
My husband does, and Oxo cubes made up, I think it is disgusting.
Also Horlicks (the old type) and broad beans are a big no-no, even the smell makes me heave. (puking smiley page won't load
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:28 pm
Hot milk.... even the smell makes me feel sick ( chocolate or coffee added, and it's OK)
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:32 pm
Marmite yes, not so much bovril.
This topic reminds me of a HMHB lyric:
Bin-men, thin men, lexicographers -
Squid yes, not so octopus.
This topic reminds me of a HMHB lyric:
Bin-men, thin men, lexicographers -
Squid yes, not so octopus.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:45 pm
Horlicks has to be the most vile substance on the planet. Competing with Marmite type bad.
Broad beans, yum!
Oxo cubes, hmm, when made into gravy and poured over roast beef, yes, I think that works. Why on earth would your mother make you drink it? My mother's odd, but not that odd!
Broad beans, yum!
Oxo cubes, hmm, when made into gravy and poured over roast beef, yes, I think that works. Why on earth would your mother make you drink it? My mother's odd, but not that odd!
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:46 pm
Oh yes, hot milk, how horrendous!Euterpe13 wrote:Hot milk.... even the smell makes me feel sick ( chocolate or coffee added, and it's OK)
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:51 pm
All mothers were odd during the '60s.Ruthie-Baby wrote:Horlicks has to be the most vile substance on the planet. Competing with Marmite type bad.
Broad beans, yum!
Oxo cubes, hmm, when made into gravy and poured over roast beef, yes, I think that works. Why on earth would your mother make you drink it? My mother's odd, but not that odd!
Bovril, Cod liver oil, malt extract, yes, and Horlicks etc. - you wouldn't believe what we had to ingest....
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:54 pm
That's all grim. I've had to do spoonfuls of cod liver oil before. Can't remember why but they soon gave up trying when it reappeared.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:57 pm
I think this behaviour was some sort of hangover from the war.....
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:01 pm
Well my mother was born after the war so there's no excuse in her case.
There's also no excuse for hot milk.
Strong cheese, well now there's something I could get used to...
There's also no excuse for hot milk.
Strong cheese, well now there's something I could get used to...
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:50 pm
Great Plum i'm afraid i'm going to have to disagree with you there, Tusker is great if you can get hold of it. I had it out in Kenya and fell in love with the stuff.Great Plum wrote:I've found another reason to drink beer...
if you are in Kenya or Tanzania then the only beer drinkble (apart from the South African Castle Lager) is Kilamanjaro...
Real Ale all the way, bring on the summer, bring on the Beer festival
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:17 pm
Hey, another forum real ale drinker! CH seems to have bred quite a few!peter2095 wrote:Real Ale all the way, bring on the summer, bring on the Beer festival
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:18 pm
Actually now I think about it, Tusker is quite good too!peter2095 wrote:Great Plum i'm afraid i'm going to have to disagree with you there, Tusker is great if you can get hold of it. I had it out in Kenya and fell in love with the stuff.Great Plum wrote:I've found another reason to drink beer...
if you are in Kenya or Tanzania then the only beer drinkble (apart from the South African Castle Lager) is Kilamanjaro...
Real Ale all the way, bring on the summer, bring on the Beer festival
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:20 pm
We had Scotts Emulsion for coughs. You would go and choke quietly in the loos rather than let a staff member hear you cough! And if you don't know Scotts, believe me you don't want toRichard Ruck wrote:Bovril, Cod liver oil, malt extract, yes, and Horlicks etc. - you wouldn't believe what we had to ingest....Ruthie-Baby wrote:Broad beans, yum!