The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

Morning all

Took me a while to catch up this morning...
KD, I grow meat birds for my freezer and use the carcass, neck and feet to make stock. I also save roasted bones for the stock.

Bama, those ox tails seasoned up, roasted on the grill and tossed in a pot of water with onion, celery, carrot, garlic and bay will make a wonderful stock. I also add a bag of mixed pepper corns to mine. But it has to simmer at least 12 hours and get's richer the longer it simmers. I like to start my stock mid day on Friday and can it up Sunday afternoon.

 

[sourland]

Good morning. No 60's or 70's here, but it is clear and wind free. Supposed to see 40's today - I'll accept that.

 

[rjohns39]

you'll have to tell me how it taste, i haven't been able to make a good tasting one yet, i have to be doing it wrong

Here's a recipe similar to mine https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/beef-bone-broth-51260700 I go much bigger since it's the same amount of work for a small batch as for a large batch. I'll generally get 80-90 quarts out of my 160 qt pot.

 

[rjohns39]

 

[sharron]

Good morning. No 60's or 70's here, but it is clear and wind free. Supposed to see 40's today - I'll accept that.

morning sour

 

[sharron]

Here's a recipe similar to mine https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/beef-bone-broth-51260700 I go much bigger since it's the same amount of work for a small batch as for a large batch. I'll generally get 80-90 quarts out of my 160 qt pot.

160 qt. down here i could never make that much unless i restock this kitchen with canning pots and jars, i'll try a small batch down here

 

[rjohns39]

I like to make beef and chicken once a year and pork & veg every couple years. I don't use a lot of seafood stock so I generally make it in small batches.

 

[N F C]

You all sure were chatting it up last night! Kind of fun to read back over it all

I'm going to call our vet this morning and see if she'll take a look at Opie. He's still not his usual self and I'm worried about him. It's like his "spark" is gone. I miss my old ornery boy.

 

[bruceha2000]

We saw chicken feet at the market and hubs was guilt stricken thinking about our chickens! He says "how could they DO that!"

Were they right next to the packaged chicken that he would eat? Seems the feet weren't likely cut off and the chickens put back in the coop

160 qt. down here i could never make that much unless i restock this kitchen with canning pots and jars, i'll try a small batch down here

You don't want 40 gallons of stock?? Well, me either, can't imagine how long it would take to use up let alone the freezer space to keep it.

 

[N F C]

I used to work with a gal that grew up poor on a farm. She told me once that all the kids in the family would fight over the fried chicken feet, they thought those were a real treat. Not really meat on them, but she said you could suck out the inside of them and it was delicious.

Ok, might be too early for that bit of info