Who invented oxo cubes

If you enjoy what we do and want to help us move away from relying on ads, please consider becoming a patron with a recurring monthly subscription of your choosing. OXO with hot milk — advert, c From Woman and Home magazine, March OXO ad from Punch — October 23rd OXO Punch — January 18th Oxo makes cooking SO easy — ad from OXO Punch — November 17th Would you like to support Flashbak? Free shipping on all prints. Prior to this, the cattle in Argentina and Uruguay were slaughtered only for the skins, as there was no refrigeration to transport the beef.

The meat was being thrown out for the making of Tallow until in the first corned beef was produced. This corned beef which later became known world wide as Fray Bentos Corned Beef. The staff at each plant was over 5, killing cattle a day on the ground, in teams of 5 men, on a kill floor the size of two football fields. Each team has to dress 60 cattle a day, split them with a clever and clean up their area when finished. The beef extract was sold in glass bottles in the same manner as Bovril today, until when the first Oxo cubes were manufactured.

The Oxo cube was so successful, they sponsored the Olympic Games in London, with all the athletes given Oxo drinks for energy. The best known flavour of stock cube is the original beef cube, but now, in addition to beef, Oxo produces chicken and ethnic flavoured cubes, e. Chinese Recipe and Indian Recipe.

The cubes are broken up and used as flavouring in meals or gravy or dissolved into boiling water to make a hot drink. During the first half of the 20th century, Oxo was promoted through issues of recipes, gifts and sponsorships before fading into the background as a part of the fabric of British life in the latter parts of the century. For the beginning of the 21st century a new image was promoted with modern television advertising and sensibilities. It is the Worksop plant that produces OXO cubes, via 3 product lines.