No, neither did I, until, involved in some vague sewing activity I had need to unearth a large needle and where other would I go than to my mother's old OXO tin with pins and needles in. It's OK, she's dead now and so has no further need for it. As you see, conscientiously marked, PINS, she obviously treasured this little tin, probably from the 1920s, complete with a small piece of newspaper ... to keep the pins and needles rust free ....
Sadly the piece of newspaper in the bottom of the tin has no date .... but it seems quite old. On the other side of the newspaper was the advert: "Don't be vague, ask for Haig."
Still it was the bottom of the tin that caught my attention. I don't think it would be allowed these days.
It reads:
As a hot drink in cold weather
For lunch sandwiches
For toast
In illness and convalescence
Fine ... though I'm not quite sure how one would make a sandwich out of an OXO cube.
It continues:
With milk for children. OXO makes milk more digestible. OXO and milk is an excellent nerve and baby food.
And the high salt content????
Maybe they've changed the recipe since then. I tried drinking a mug of water with an OXO cube in it not so long ago .... let's just say I needed to drink quite a lot of water afterwards.
So there we are, you caring mothers, give them OXO in their milk ... take a little yourselves to help your nerves ....
Now, I wonder what to look at next in my mum's sewing stuff.
Ooh - let's see what the Arsenic bottle says!
Posted by: AndyC | October 08, 2006 at 19:17
My dad used to have loads of tins in the garage with screws, nuts and bolts.
I used to love it.
Posted by: Ian | October 11, 2006 at 18:58
good point but imagine how much salt there must be in marmite?? now that's good for you vitamin b etc but what about the salt????
Posted by: Angela | October 13, 2006 at 18:50