It's been so, so good. At about midnight I'll throw all the bones in a pot of water with some salt and pepper and put it on low, and add a bunch of water in the morning. Then before lunch or dinner I'll dump the broth through a strainer into a bowl, put it back in the pot, and chop up some onions, carrots, celery, and potatoes and throw them in in there with some spices.

Today I threw a handful of rice in there. I cook it for about another half hour.

If there's any leftover chicken I'll cut that up and put it in 5 minutes before it's done, otherwise it's just chicken vegetable which is still bomb. I often put a little butter in there too.

It's so good. I had a longstanding brainworm telling me I don't really like soup, but that's because people eat WAY more canned soup than homemade soup. It's so so good.

  • fox [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Soup is an elite food if you make it yourself and not worth it whatsoever if purchased. I spent seven hours making french onion soup once and I've been riding that high for 3 months.

    • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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      2 years ago

      I wish there was some way to collect beef bones that made sense. The only way I can ever think of is to eat a ton of Ribeyes and save the rib bones... Which feels absurd. I try to treat meat, especially beef, as a rare treat. Everywhere I've looked knuckles and whatnot are really not cheap, too.

      • forcequit [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Freeze them as you come into them

        Uhh don't look in my freezer

      • AllCatsAreBeautiful [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        If your community has a farmers market, butchers there might be willing to give you bones. This is how I got lamb bones for making stock.