# Pork Bouillon Cubes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 19, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940 "2001-05-19T21:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/1 "2001-05-19T21:51:44Z")
Yeah, I know, but WHY aren’t there any? I can buy bouillon (as cubes or as powder) in beef, chicken, vegetable, even fish flavors. Most annoying. The lack of pork bouillon cubes, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/2 "2001-05-19T21:53:29Z")
Look in the ethnic food aisle of your grocery store. I think I’ve seen it with the Mexican food, but I’ve never bought it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/3 "2001-05-20T14:38:03Z")
They exist, I saw them at an asian grocery, right next to the lemon grass soup boullion cubes. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/4 "2001-05-20T21:19:02Z")
They have 'em in England. I remember a comic strip in VIZ about 15 years ago about a kid who dressed up in a superhero outfit and squirted people with instant pork stock. You’ll notice that most American soups are based on beef, chicken, or fish stock. And canned stocks and broths such as College Inn don’t offer a pork-based selection, either. ---
**Author:** ![mojo\_filter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@mojo\_filter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojo_filter)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/5 "2001-05-20T21:49:59Z")
I would think that most peoples idea of “Pork flavoring” would be akin to bacon or ham, can’t you get the same flavor from salt and smoke flavoring? BTW; what’s up with “flavored” Ramen noodles? They come in beef, pork, chicken and shrimp but they all taste like salt and Mrs. Dash, do these companies think we’re stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/6 "2001-05-21T03:46:07Z")
Dunno about you **mojo** , but they all taste different to me. Maybe you’re putting in too much water? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/7 "2001-05-21T06:46:15Z")
Check your Asian or Hispanic food markets. I have been using pork bullion cubes for over twenty years. There is a type made by Knorr that is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/8 "2010-09-17T06:23:07Z")
I have a box of ham bouillon cubes in my kitchen cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/9 "2010-09-17T08:38:43Z")
I use ham bouillion when I make beans. Look in the Mexican aisle for a box of jamon packets. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/10 "2010-09-17T09:07:03Z")
I’m pretty sure that I have seen bacon stock cubes (and garlic - which I nabbed) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/11 "2010-09-17T09:22:12Z")
I have some in my cupboard right now. You can buy them online [here](http://www.britishsupermarketworldwide.com/acatalog/info_32150.html). (Link does not imply recommendation of site, just first Google result I clicked.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/12 "2010-09-17T11:16:20Z")
So what does zombie bullion taste like? Boiled braiinnnsss! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/13 "2010-09-17T13:02:44Z")
**Zombie pig brain bouillon cubes** ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-bouillon-cubes/65940/14 "2010-09-17T15:50:55Z")
_goes to hide in a corner and sulk_