Making Stock from Bones

sparkles.

I have searched for a thread on this without luck - I do apologise if there is already one out there

I have a stock bag in the freezer full of the offcuts of veggies and am looking forward to making my first veg stock soon. However I have had lamb chops for dinner tonight and it has got me thinking, we very rarely eat meat let alone meat on the bone but in my MSE frame of mind I have put the bones aside and will freeze them ready to make meat stock. My question is: do I have to keep seperate bags of each type of meat or can I mix them together? For example, we very occasionally have lamb chops, pork chops, duck on the bone from the chinese takeaway:o and the odd spare rib or chicken thigh on the BBQ. It would probably take me a few years to save enough of each type but I may have enough every six months to make a mix.

Sorry if this is a really stupid question but I am a new, but very committed, Old Styler who would appreciate some advice.

bltchef

yes you can mix them but roast the bones with a little honey to give you stock a good colour bring you stock to boil and simmer then reduceby a third you coul add some red wine and tomato puree when you reducee your stock i hope this is of some help

Gingham_Ribbon

Here are a couple of other stock making threads.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=44639&highlight=making+stock

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=225171&highlight=making+stock

tawnyowls

Much as I like stock, I tend to use bones for making actual soup, as I hate wasting onions, carrots, etc, and all the stock recipes say you're supposed to strain it through. I particularly like chicken soup - I put the carcass into a net bag, simmer with onion, sweetcorn and herbs for an hour or so, then pick out the bones from the bits of meat that will by now have fallen off the bones, add the meat to the liquid, add insome seasoning, some cream to thicken, and voila, cream of chicken and sweetcorn soup.

sparkles.

Thanks for the replies, I have found watching my veg bag grow very exciting and now I am looking forward to watching the bone bag grow too