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I feel like an idiot because I haven't been doing it. Gads, take a girl out of Minnesota and she forgets her roots.
Lately I've gotten into baked chicken legs and thighs, and then just casually throwing away the bones. This would never have happened in Minnesota, unless of course you'd gnawed on the bones and put your germs all over them.
No, we raised chickens and used bones, skin and fat and boiled them with onions, garlic, bay leaves and various spices to make into chicken broth.
I don't know why I forgot but this week leg quarters were on sale so I bought a package. I baked two of them and upon eating one I realized what I'd been doing.
Instead of throwing the bones away, I took the edible meat off the bones, threw the bones in a large pot along with 1/2 an onion, garlic cloves, what carrots were in the refrigerator along with celery and that is now simmering. I also took the meat off the second one I had baked and added those bones.
Not only does this create a wonderful broth but the smell right now is giving me beautiful memories of home. Not that I want to go back and I doubt if I'll ever want to see snow again, but it sure brings back good memories.
I remember my grandma (who lived outside Milwaukee, Wi), making delicious chicken dumpling soup. It was so good......Grandma's kitchen always smelled so good. She was always baking or cooking something good.
My beloved mom was born in a small town in Minnesota. When she was a young girl they moved to Wisconsin.
Used to make it. Too much trouble for me now. I just buy it. Now, I will use the broth from a chicken when I am cooking chicken pieces and the recipe requires the broth. But if I am making something that simply require chicken broth as an ingredient...definitely store bought.
Used to make it. Too much trouble for me now. I just buy it. Now, I will use the broth from a chicken when I am cooking chicken pieces and the recipe requires the broth. But if I am making something that simply require chicken broth as an ingredient...definitely store bought.
And I've been doing that for a long time, buying stock. Right now I'm trying to learn how to live as minimal as I can while I prepare for a nomadic lifestyle.
This is something so basic that I simply stopped doing. I don't know why but glad I realized it.
I remember my grandma (who lived outside Milwaukee, Wi), making delicious chicken dumpling soup. It was so good......Grandma's kitchen always smelled so good. She was always baking or cooking something good.
My beloved mom was born in a small town in Minnesota. When she was a young girl they moved to Wisconsin.
I'm reheating the broth now, added some frozen chicken pieces and more water because you've made my mouth water for chicken and dumplings. What I wouldn't give to have a brother or two here! They love chicken and dumpling soup.
This is so good for him too. You're probably helping keep him healthy by doing this.
Thanks good to know.
He's on a half kibble /half homemade dog food diet (which homemade is mostly meat & egg but also green beans, sweet potato, & cottage cheese)
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...Grandma's kitchen always smelled so good. She was always baking or cooking something good.
