however, i don't think it's restricted to maggi cubes alone. I've also noticed it with royco

If you buy in bulk, store the cubes in the fridge. I discovered they become soft in a few days.

Maggi cubes especially are just too strong. I remember having to use "omorogun" to pound the damn tin. Don't knw if the people working there don't use it or what? Even warm water doesn't dissolve the stupid tin.

Its better to Knorr or Onga. They both taste beta IMO.

I wan laff die, una no go kill person

Lots of funny response.

at least you're trying to make your own food.  

The old ones tend to be hard. Use the back of the spoon

armyone, stop making fun jare. that's why we have so many useless Naija males that cant even scramble eggs.

I don't think back of spoon solves the problem. @ least for the Maggi Star cubes I've encountered. Those things are as strong as gravel, if not stronger.

Then it's obviously stale. why use it?

ThiefOfHearts:

at least you're trying to make your own food.  

The old ones tend to be hard. Use the back of the spoon

armyone, stop making fun jare. that's why we have so many useless Naija males that cant even scramble eggs.

Afterall all the BB, brazilian hair, blablabla we don buy una, make we scramble eggs join?
No make me use this Maggi bust your head

you know we can buy our own lunch, pay for our hair styles, and also pay all our bills if push come to shove now run along and go use micheline tyre dissolve maggie for ya stew.
yeah, you guys should be cooking and paying bills while bringing huge bacons (paychecks) home. na maggi una no fit use common two fingers dissolve, phew!! what's happening to our men folks? are their so call macho hands turning jelly/jello?

musKeeto:

Afterall all the BB, brazilian hair, blablabla we don buy una, make we scramble eggs join?
No make me use this Maggi bust your head

armyofone:

you know we can buy our own lunch, pay for our hair styles, and also pay all our bills if push come to shove now run along and go use micheline tyre dissolve maggie for ya stew.
yeah, you guys should be cooking and paying bills while bringing huge bacons (paychecks) home. na maggi una no fit use common two fingers dissolve, phew!! what's happening to our men folks? are their so call macho hands turning jelly/jello?

More like if push comes to stove,

U sure say na paycheck u mean by huge bacons(na wa for you o, ),

Our hands are not turning jello, trust me you'd pay to be in my arms right now

why do I have this feeling that this poster has a personal vendetta against the producer of maggi products. Wit all ur childish propaganda to discredit maggi products,'abi u find employment go there,dem no employ u, u com dey vent ur anger for nairaland abi, ? When u talk of top notch quality food seasoning,datz maggi mehn. Maybe u got urs 4rm pluto

jazzyp:

why do I have this feeling that this poster has a personal vendetta against the producer of maggi products. Wit all your childish propaganda to discredit maggi products,'abi u find employment go there,dem no employ u, u com dey vent your anger for nairaland abi, ? When u talk of top notch quality food seasoning,datz maggi mehn. Maybe u got urs 4rm pluto

Nna nawa for you. Abi u sef dey maggi? Im no say maggi no sweet, just dat e hard welll, y e hard? Y dem no do am for syrup form, or put am as powder?

@OP, I hope say u no dey use this one do excuse after u don cook potty,

Bros: Nna, this food get as e dey
OP: Ehn, the maggi e hard well well,

Anyways sha, if u get blender, try blend the maggi before u put am for your concoction, or go hire one of these nl babes make dem cook for u,

dont confuse me with the local monkeys you surround yourself

BB? who are you buying BB for? who is even using BB sef in 2012

chei,
una no go kill me, imagine responses, ilove this community.

my personal xperience:
maggi is hard by default and as well royco but there is a general weather effect that tend to make it harder during the harmattan.

knorr is better with even taste and texture.
but dissolving a very hard spice cube in hot water helps before using cos most times it wont even dissolve inside the pot if not dissolved before use.

happy cooking

even knorr too

ThiefOfHearts:

dont confuse me with the local monkeys you surround yourself

BB? who are you buying BB for? who is even using BB sef in 2012  

ah, sorry, foreign monkey

Well they're not the healthiest thing to be cooking with so maybe that's why, If they were easy you'd use them to often

That said, you need old Nigerian mother fingers to grind them. After a life of intense house work, you can grind anything with your bare hands: cube maggi, small stones, tree bark,

Like seriously, you had to create a thread about stony seasoning? E don finish,

stop confusing me with your iya.

Ok lemme go and check.

Use mortar and pestle to crush your Maggie into powder, I sometimes use the wooden stick I use to turn semo, tuwo etc.

Who cares. As long as it gives the food good taste.

U are so crazy Okija, U made me laugh in church like a mad person.

Nickydrake:

First off, i live alone, make my own meals occasionally and all. So, why exactly do they make these seasoning cubes so hard to grind with the fingers? Is there some high tech innovation for breaking 'em that i don't know abou t? Cos i almost get blisters every time i make a meal, thanks to rock hard Knorr cubes. In fact, i'm strongly considering getting a hammer and chisel solely for cooking purposes.
So i'd like an explanation and a less painful way of making good food. Thank you.

Why??

As long as it does its job in the food, then i'm fine.

There are seasoning made in syrup form, however not commonly available in 9ja. Once I used a pair of pliers to crush one! those maggi cubes no easy. I blame GEJ.

^^^ na wah o, gej don hear am for una hand

mustspin:

^^^ na wah o, gej don hear am for una hand

Guy No take am serious oh!

Poster, †ђξ cubes only get strong when they stay too long I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ stores I believe. I've used a lot of seasonings that crumbled even before I added any real pressure.

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