"Cherry" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 11:07:51 PM UTC+1, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message

> I just posted Rockin' Robin's video where she makes chicken stock in a
> crock pot. Here is the video again.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7J9...em-subs_digest
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> Yes, I just watched that, thanks. It seems she is using bones from ready
> cooked chicken? I usually use raw bones. Do you think that is better?
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> If all I've got is raw bones I freeze them until the next time I have the
> oven on and them in and roast them. The roasting gives a darker colour
> stock, but I it find more flavoursome. Once the stock is done I turn the
> heat up and simmer it gently without the lid and reduce it by half. This
> concentrates the flavour further and the I freeze in ice cube trays. This
> way I only use half the amount of cubes.

I always roast big bones but never have roasted chicken bones. I reduce
my stock too and freeze in silicone bun trays.


> As an aside, online organic butchers sell chicken carcasses dirt cheap by
> the kilo. They are worth getting and breaking down to save space in the
> freezer until needed.

I haven't seen that. I cook a lot of chicken and always buy whole ones
and cut them up myself, so I have chicken stock aplenty I usually have
some stock simmering on the stove. I rarely roast a whole one.

> As a further aside, some of these online butchers will also sell chicken
> wing tips. Not only are they great for stock, but the little bones in
> them are soft and easily digestible by dogs. My mum used to roast and
> cook up a couple of kilo of wing tips then reduce down until once cold the
> stock set solid. Our dogs loved it chopped up with their biscuits.

Yes, my dog likes that too

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