Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Kim, I soak my bones for a few hours in cold water to extract some of the blood and yucky stuff. I rinse them off and cook them in cold water. Once the water comes to a slight bubble, I lower the heat to medium low and let it simmer for hours. I skim off fat and other things that float to the top periodically. You can add things to the broth while it's cooking such as vegetables. I always add garlic, onion and a slice of ginger to get rid of the " meaty " smell. Once the whole thing is done, I strain it through a fine cloth and it gives a very clear almost fat free broth. You can season it to your taste. I freeze the broth in batches of all sizes and use it wherever water is needed in main dishes (icecube trays work well too). You can also reduce the broth even more for a more intense flavor. It is not difficult to make and comes in so handy, not to mention nutritious. I hope you enjoy it. Just a suggestion, but you can use this broth to make the yummiest lemongrass soup that is very refreshing. Just add lemongrass, ginger, salt, pepper, cilantro, mushrooms and some bokchoy and shrimp. --- Kimflow kimharding@...> wrote: > Hi, > I have seen bone broths discussed on this board > before. I have so > many organic bones that I just give to the stray dog > that I could be > possibly cooking off to make this broth. > Can someone share with me the " recipe " of making > this. Do you just > cook the bones off or is there more to it. > Thank you, > Kim > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Kim, I soak my bones for a few hours in cold water to extract some of the blood and yucky stuff. I rinse them off and cook them in cold water. Once the water comes to a slight bubble, I lower the heat to medium low and let it simmer for hours. I skim off fat and other things that float to the top periodically. You can add things to the broth while it's cooking such as vegetables. I always add garlic, onion and a slice of ginger to get rid of the " meaty " smell. Once the whole thing is done, I strain it through a fine cloth and it gives a very clear almost fat free broth. You can season it to your taste. I freeze the broth in batches of all sizes and use it wherever water is needed in main dishes (icecube trays work well too). You can also reduce the broth even more for a more intense flavor. It is not difficult to make and comes in so handy, not to mention nutritious. I hope you enjoy it. Just a suggestion, but you can use this broth to make the yummiest lemongrass soup that is very refreshing. Just add lemongrass, ginger, salt, pepper, cilantro, mushrooms and some bokchoy and shrimp. --- Kimflow kimharding@...> wrote: > Hi, > I have seen bone broths discussed on this board > before. I have so > many organic bones that I just give to the stray dog > that I could be > possibly cooking off to make this broth. > Can someone share with me the " recipe " of making > this. Do you just > cook the bones off or is there more to it. > Thank you, > Kim > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Kim, I soak my bones for a few hours in cold water to extract some of the blood and yucky stuff. I rinse them off and cook them in cold water. Once the water comes to a slight bubble, I lower the heat to medium low and let it simmer for hours. I skim off fat and other things that float to the top periodically. You can add things to the broth while it's cooking such as vegetables. I always add garlic, onion and a slice of ginger to get rid of the " meaty " smell. Once the whole thing is done, I strain it through a fine cloth and it gives a very clear almost fat free broth. You can season it to your taste. I freeze the broth in batches of all sizes and use it wherever water is needed in main dishes (icecube trays work well too). You can also reduce the broth even more for a more intense flavor. It is not difficult to make and comes in so handy, not to mention nutritious. I hope you enjoy it. Just a suggestion, but you can use this broth to make the yummiest lemongrass soup that is very refreshing. Just add lemongrass, ginger, salt, pepper, cilantro, mushrooms and some bokchoy and shrimp. --- Kimflow kimharding@...> wrote: > Hi, > I have seen bone broths discussed on this board > before. I have so > many organic bones that I just give to the stray dog > that I could be > possibly cooking off to make this broth. > Can someone share with me the " recipe " of making > this. Do you just > cook the bones off or is there more to it. > Thank you, > Kim > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Hi Kim! I have been using bone broths for years, absolutely amazing healthfood. First, I only use the bones from truly free range animals, preferably organic, but definitely free range. Bones from weak animals sitting in cages their whole lives are not that strong and accumulate lead and other contaminates. I take these bones and put them in a stockpot. I cover with just enough water, add about 1/4 cup apple cidar vinegar, bring to a boil, then gently simmer for a number of hours. You don't want to use too much apple cidar vinegar, because then you will taste it in the final broth or soup. 1/4 cup seems to be tasteless for the final product when I cook. The purpose of the vinegar, it softens the bones. Then, I remove the stockpot from the heat. I remove the bones and let cool a tiny bit, then I crack them open. I take one of those scraper utensils that comes with a basic nutcracker at the grocery store, and scrape out all the marrow. I return broken bones and marrow back to the cooking water, and simmer on low heat for many more hours, at least 4, but preferably more. This soup takes me a whole day to make. I then strain out all bone and marrow bits. This is the basic bone broth. Then I add whatever stock I have one hand to it, cooking and/or medicenal herbs, veggies, whatever you want to make a soup/broth you will eat/drink. Low heat is really key, with a long cooking time. I have found this to be an excellent way of getting good ratios of bone matrix building minerals into my body. Good luck and have fun! Summer Kimflow kimharding@...> wrote: Hi, I have seen bone broths discussed on this board before. I have so many organic bones that I just give to the stray dog that I could be possibly cooking off to make this broth. Can someone share with me the " recipe " of making this. Do you just cook the bones off or is there more to it. Thank you, Kim For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Gertrude Snicklegrove wrote: > > Then, I remove the stockpot from the heat. I remove the bones and let cool a tiny bit, then I crack them open. > > > > Good luck and have fun! > Summer > > > How do you crack them open? Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Kim, Since our 4 year doesn't tolerate much veggies,yogurt high in calcium I bought a pressure cooker and pressured cooked our bones. Our dietician told us to break the organic chicken thigh bones (about 6 bones) add 5 cups of water, some salt to help leach out the nutrients, and then pressure cook for 30 minutes. It is filled with great nutrients. I then added it to the chicken soup recipe in the BTVC book. Brent > > Hi, > I have seen bone broths discussed on this board before. I have so > many organic bones that I just give to the stray dog that I could be > possibly cooking off to make this broth. > Can someone share with me the " recipe " of making this. Do you just > cook the bones off or is there more to it. > Thank you, > Kim > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:24:51 -0000 " Kimflow " kimharding@...> writes: > Hi, > I have seen bone broths discussed on this board before. I have so > many organic bones that I just give to the stray dog that I could be > > possibly cooking off to make this broth. > Can someone share with me the " recipe " of making this. Do you just > cook the bones off or is there more to it. You can put them in your crockpot overnight, or let simmer for a few hours with whatever seasonings you'd like. You can make a broth for future stocks, or add vegetables and have a soup that day. Take care, Fay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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