best store bought vegetable stock?

tqq SF

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Jan 10, 2002, 7:48:56 PM1/10/02

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I need to make a vegetarian soup and therefore need some vegetable
stock. I'd prefer to buy some in a store rather than make my own. Is
there one particular brand which is better than others?

tqq

Ross Clement

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Jan 11, 2002, 4:36:34 AM1/11/02

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tqq SF (tqq...@yahoo.com) wrote:
: I need to make a vegetarian soup and therefore need some vegetable

: stock. I'd prefer to buy some in a store rather than make my own. Is
: there one particular brand which is better than others?

Which country are you in? If you're in the UK, I can make some recommendations.

Cheers,

Ross-c

billy

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Jan 11, 2002, 8:52:02 AM1/11/02

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i would like the same too!..and im in the UK..

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Ross Clement

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Jan 11, 2002, 9:51:20 AM1/11/02

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billy (purem...@yahoo.com) wrote:
: i would like the same too!..and im in the UK..

These following stocks are all vegan as far as I know. (If they aren't
vegan, please tell me).

Swiss Vegan Vegetable Boillion (spelling?). Not as good as it was before
they reduced the salt. (Adding salt doesn't help). Not bad, in a rich
'chicken soup' sort of way.

Safeways vegetable stock cubes. IMHO the best cheap vegetable stock cubes.
I use them frequently.

Oscar vegetable stock. I'm not sure if this is vegan, or if it's still
around (I haven't used any since I went vegan but keep meaning to look it
up). It was amazing. I used to open the small plastic pot and smell it,
it was so good.

Using Marmite as stock. Often recommended, but I find that it doesn't work
as well as proper stocks. Takes a lot to stop it tasting watery, and then
you have too much flavour.

That black paste in the white plastic pots. Very common, but I can't
remember the name in my cold addled state. Not the best, but not bad.

Kallo. Not impressed, personally.

Cheers,

Ross-c

Ross Clement

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Jan 11, 2002, 9:52:37 AM1/11/02

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PS: Waitrose stock cubes aren't bad either. But, IMHO they're no better
than the safeway cubes, but they cost more. I haven't used Sainsbury's
or Tesco's veggie stock cubes within recent times as I'm not sure if
they are vegan.

Cheers,

Ross-c

Ross Clement

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Jan 11, 2002, 9:58:14 AM1/11/02

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Following up my own post a second time (I'm suffering :-( ), the stock paste
in the white plastic pots that I couldn't remember the name of is "Vecon".

Cheers,

Ross-c

Stati...@webtv.net

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Jan 11, 2002, 6:57:38 PM1/11/02

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Best and easiest stock/broth is soy sauce. I prefer bragg's soy sauce.
:)

tqq

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Jan 12, 2002, 12:36:34 AM1/12/02

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"Ross Clement" <cle...@westminster.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Which country are you in? If you're in the UK, I can make some
recommendations.

ah, i forgot to mention that i'm in the states. i hadn't thought about
using those cubes. i'll check it out.

tqq

David Firth

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Jan 12, 2002, 7:39:29 AM1/12/02

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> there one particular brand which is better than others?

I stick to the brands in aseptic boxes from the natural foods section of
my local grocery.

--
Dave Firth. Still thinking different: Newton 2100.
Posted with Ink Spot for Newton.

Roy

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Jan 25, 2002, 1:59:50 PM1/25/02

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Kallo Organic Vegetable stock cubes get my vote.

Roy

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Tofugypsy

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Jan 26, 2002, 12:21:41 AM1/26/02

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i like pacific vegetable broth in the aseptic box.
they make a good mushroom broth too which is excellent for vegan gravy.

watch out for those cubes, many contain MSG.

peace
tofugypsy