Bisto substitute

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Pathca · #31 Post by **Pathca** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:37 pm

And if it was Stavanger it would have cost a fortune

hughnique · #32 Post by **hughnique** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:14 pm

Char wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 5:19 pm
tagh wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 5:08 pm What is Bisto, please?
Brown gloopy stuff that's supposed to be gravy.

tagh wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:08 pm Rusty engine grease? Is it rather bitter, synthetic tasting stuff?

tagh wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:51 pm I think I once tasted it. Some friends swore by it. I scraped it off the food.

Depends how you mix it I am not a great partaker as I prefer a dry dinner, but OH likes it, I always have a small amount.
Tagh one minute you don't know what it is then in a short space of time you refer to it as engine grease, then the next you remember scraping off your food???

tagh · #33 Post by **tagh** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:43 pm

Well, it was a long time ago but I seem to remember someone saying it was bisto,so I tasted and scraped. It did look like engine grease though.

Nomoss · #34 Post by **Nomoss** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:03 pm

Pathca wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:37 pm And if it was Stavanger it would have cost a fortune

It was cheap compared to the beer there. When you could get it.
In those days there were only three places to get a beer, two only for a couple of hours in the evening, and one at the airport just before and after a flight arrived.
We bought a 6-pack of beer between two of us in a grocery shop one day, to take back to our hotel room. He wouldn't sell us any more than that. It didn't last long, but when we returned on the next day he refused to sell us any more as we'd bought so much the previous day.

Polarengineer · #35 Post by **Polarengineer** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:18 pm

That must have been a very long time ago Nomoss. Did the vicar come knocking to discuss your drinking habits? They used to do that as then it was common to control the booze, then it became a state outlet for booze and your consumption was recorded. Booze is still sold only by state registered shops and the limit is what you can afford. I recall getting a bottle (or more) of Absolute vodka at €50 for 75cl while at Amsterdam duty free it was €12 a litre. Fortunately I was getting paid a rate better than offshore at the time so my investment in Norse booze duty was affordable.

Nomoss · #36 Post by **Nomoss** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:36 pm

Polarengineer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:18 pm That must have been a very long time ago Nomoss. ................................

1971. Doesn't seem so long ago to me.

MAD87 · #37 Post by **MAD87** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:18 pm

@Nomoss

(I mean your dining experiences!)

Polarengineer · #38 Post by **Polarengineer** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:17 pm

I always thought Bisto was just an additive flavouring, mum used to use the roast meat juices and fat, some water from the boiled greens, some flour and just a spoonful of Bisto. A bit like an OXO cube is used. Hmm, Sunday roast tomorrow Maybe.

Pathca · #39 Post by **Pathca** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:41 pm

Nomoss wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:03 pm
Pathca wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:37 pm And if it was Stavanger it would have cost a fortune
It was cheap compared to the beer there. When you could get it.
In those days there were only three places to get a beer, two only for a couple of hours in the evening, and one at the airport just before and after a flight arrived.
We bought a 6-pack of beer between two of us in a grocery shop one day, to take back to our hotel room. He wouldn't sell us any more than that. It didn't last long, but when we returned on the next day he refused to sell us any more as we'd bought so much the previous day.

Bergen 2018 we decided to have a drink on the seafront,two not over strong beers,coming in somewhere between a half and a pint so probably about a pint and a half in total equalled about £13

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