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October 23, 2005
Stock?
Derek has spent the afternoon juicing celery, onions, tomatoes, and carrots for vegetable stock. The plan is to juice said vegetables in the juicer, then throw them into a pot with the pulp, and cook it for 20 minutes. This is meant to produce vegetable stock, with hitherto has been made in a span of hours, not minutes. In my opinion, this method will produce cooked vegetable juice. Something along the lines of warm V-8 juice. It's just not natural. The last time I made vegetable stock it took seven hours in a crock pot. D says the juicing method is "in a recipe" and therefore acceptable. I'm highly dubious. For chicken stock, are we meant to shove raw chicken through the juicer and cook the result for 20 minutes?
Posted by csageday at October 23, 2005 06:03 PM
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http://www.jjdayfamily.com/cindy/blog/archives/2005/10/fall_food_updat.html
But that's where the great banana bread recipe is that I wanted to say thanks for. I had no idea it was yours until the (unnamed--you know who) baker told me when I complimented her.
Nice recipe, thanks!
Posted by: ck at October 24, 2005 06:42 PM
It's not stock. Even though I kind of wonder if the tomato/vegetable soup that comes out of a can is actually made from vegetables that have been grilled and then boiled in water for seven hours. What's the official rule...two spaces or one space after a period (or full stop?) I figure an English major might know.
Posted by: Dre at October 24, 2005 06:58 PM
CK -- I'm so glad someone tried that recipe! I think I might try it with another fruit one of these days. I love how it doesn't require any fancy kitchen equipment. And sorry about the comments -- they're driving me nuts (was tempted to say bananas there, but didn't. Couldn't let it go, though, so here it is in parentheses.)
Dre -- thank you! Maybe you can talk some sense into Derek. Somehow I think the canned version is still better than the juicing. And regarding the grammar question: two spaces in Word or anyting published in print, one on the Web (due to HTML oddities -- even if I use two spaces here, it'll show up as one in your browser).
Posted by: Cindy at October 24, 2005 09:46 PM