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"Kent" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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> > In article >,
> > "Kent" > wrote:
> >
> >> I think the answer is no! There aren't any good commercial veal or beef
> >> stocks on the market. There is decent veal concentrate made in France.
> >> It's
> >> expensive, and hard to find. Once you've found it and ordered it, it may
> >> or
> >> not be OK.
> >> I recently got back into making my own stock, and reducing it to a
> >> demiglace, after about a 15 year hiatus.
> >> At our local market, I can get the veal leftovers free. That's a big
> >> plus.
> >> However all of the beef parts are worth at least $1/lb in CA. If I want
> >> to
> >> make a beef/veal brown sauce for steak or other beef dishes I have to buy
> >> the beef bones and knuckles. I always throw in at least half veal bones
> >> for
> >> added richness. Beef by itself is pretty flat.
> >> Other than that, it's a good Saturday adventure to get into. Find a good
> >> recipe. I use the fond brun recipe from the Larousse Gastronomique and
> >> forge
> >> away.
> >> I always brown the bones with onion and carrot in the oven first and add
> >> water after.
> >> Writing this makes me want to run to the kitchen and do it again.
> >> Good Luck to you,
> >>
> >> Kent
> >
> > Ooh I hear ya on the pre-roasted stock thing. :-)
> > I made some duck stock for Christmas dinner from some duck wings I
> > bought at the asian market.
> >
> > For the first time, I roasted them first. It was utterly incredible.
> >
> > With the table top oven to play with now, I'll be doing a lot more of
> > that. It makes it convenient.
> > --
> > Peace, Om
> >
> >
> I just made duck stock from a leftover carcass and skin as well of
> yesterday's New Years roast duck. I'm in the process of making duck confit
> with leg-thighs from the local Chinese market. I'm down to the final skin
> browning process..
> Next it's charcroute garni, and cassoulet, two legs for each!!
> Let's hear it for winter cooking.
>
> Kent
>

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