mmmm...winter will be here soon..time for comfort food.

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  Glander

  Beautiful fall day here inspired me to a kitchen task I don't do very often. Scratch beef stock. Yep. Starting with 4 lbs of beef marrow bones and so forth. It takes several hours to roast the bones, carrots, onions, then deglaze the roasting pan and transfer to a kettle for cooking down with savory vegs and seasoning.

  I will make about a quart+ of the condensed beef stock. I will freeze it in ice cube size portions of intense flavor. Turns a pot of veg soup into a gourmet meal.

  A glass of Cabernet, a little french bread with sweet butter....
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  compound complex

  Hi Glander:

  Have a kettle on now, simmering chicken bones I froze in anticipation of a cool, autumn eve's soup making.

  Maria Callas was unwell on some score, as I recall, and Marlene Dietrich, like you, spent hours boiling down beef broth. She presented la Diva with a quart of the quintessential bovine brew, and Callas inquired where Miss Dietrich had purchased the bouillon cubes ...

  Sigh....

  CoCo du Potage
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  Glander

  Thanks for the anecdote of Dietrich making real broth for Callas ! I use Knorr bullion cubes all the time and they are great. But the scratch stock is just sublime.

  Chicken broth is a staple and so easy to make.
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  compound complex

  !!!

  CoCo des Histoires Hollywood
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  mrsjones5

  Hm Gman, I think you've inspired me. I just got all my cooking stuff from Indiana. I think I can do this.
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  Glander

  It's really easy, just time consuming.
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  sherry123

  I have been sick and sure have wanted some soup,but since I live alone have had no one here to go get it....Oh well....
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  DarioKehl

  Jambalya.
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  Glander

  sherry123, I wish I could send you a cup of hot broth. Soup is fairly easy. a few wilted vegies, or frozen vegs, a piece of chicken or what have you and you have a nourishing hot soup. broth cubes are cheap and good to have on hand.

  Hope you feel better soon.

  G
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  Satanus

  I started using 'better than broth' organic. It's close to the real thing, and no msg, to speak of.

  S