nervous about using stock !!!!!!!!!!

overdrawn

hi everyone,
following all your advice,i made a big pot of stock.
however i am too nervous to use it as it looked like i had tipped my rubbish bin in the pot and started cooking it !
is there anyone out there who can reassure me that it is ok to use as i am a sick phobic !
hope you can help,
all the best,
louise

squeaky

Er, right

Once the stock is made, you sieve out all the solid bits and put them in your compost bin. All you should then have is a liquid that should look (and taste) a lot like any other stock you would make up with a stock cube. Though these often have more salt in. I generally add some salt to my stocks when they are done to suit my taste - it can make a lot of difference.

carol_a_3

If you really heat it through until piping hot in whatever dishes you use it should be fine. In the pre fridge days they kept a stock pot running for years, just adding ingredients from time to time (not that I'd fancy that)

If you're not planning on using it immediately you could put it into smaller containers after straining as Squeaky said, empty yogurt pots, even ice cube trays and then freeze until needed.

Debt_Free_Chick

overdrawn wrote:

hi everyone,
following all your advice,i made a big pot of stock.
however i am too nervous to use it as it looked like i had tipped my rubbish bin in the pot and started cooking it !

You did

is there anyone out there who can reassure me that it is ok to use as i am a sick phobic !
hope you can help,
all the best,
louise

As already suggested, put the whole lot through a sieve. If you want to be really picky, put the result through a finer sieve and then, finally, through a sieve lined with muslin. This does nothing to alter the safety or taste of the stock, but just results in a "clearer" stock ... which ain't really necessary unless you're trying to make a clear soup

MATH

If I am making a meat based stock I leave it in the fridge overnight after sieving. The fat will all rise to the top and set and then can be lifted off. Obviously for plain old veg stock you don't need to do this. HTH

Jay-Jay_4

overdrawn wrote:

i am too nervous to use it as it looked like i had tipped my rubbish bin in the pot and started cooking it

That's what it's supposed to look like. It will taste great though

squeaky wrote:

Once the stock is made, you sieve out all the solid bits and put them in your compost bin.

but... but... but..... yer not supposed to put cooked food in the composter and especially not if there's meat or bones in it ...... :silenced: :whistle:

squeaky

I don't put meat and bones in, true, and since we have more than twenty cats living within fifty yards of here I don't have a problem with rats coming after cooked food either

Not that there's ever much waste cooked food at all. In fact, stock bits is all there is.