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*googles if its fine to use potatoes for making chicken stock*

*google* "heres all these potato and chicken recipes that have nothing to do with stock"

well fine, I see how it is google, i'll just use bing ha take that google 

*bing, does the exact same as google*

fine... I wont use potatoes when I try making a chicken stock, you could have just told me that its a bad idea but screw you too I guess

  1. lewdicrous

    lewdicrous

    They're trying to save you from the spuds.

  2. themaniac

    themaniac

    apparently so, even though im irish and we irish need potatoes to live

  3. lewdicrous

    lewdicrous

    I hear carrots are good potato substitutes. /s

    I don't think I've seen people use potatoes for making stock, won't it be all mushy in the end? I guess that's why people use celery and carrots; they maintain their shape better.

    Stews, on the other hand, can have potatoes I guess.

     

  4. themaniac

    themaniac

    yeah, it was just a thought as I don't have many carrots and thought "potatoes are also root vegetables maybe I could use those" as I really don't feel like going to the store to get stuff for the stock

  5. lewdicrous

    lewdicrous

    I never made stock before, so I don't know if that's the reason, but seeing as to how you gotta strain the stock at the end, having mushy stuff will just make a mess I guess.

  6. themaniac

    themaniac

    yeah, I assume that's the reason as well

  7. Cyberspirit

    Cyberspirit

    Not sure what chicken stock is but looking at the pictures it looks like soup to me and we use potatoes all the time in chicken soup. It tastes nice and it doesn't become mushy at all. You just gotta put it in big chunks or whole.

  8. lewdicrous

    lewdicrous

    You cook stock for a few hours afaik, will the potatoes survive that long?

  9. Cyberspirit

    Cyberspirit

    I'm not the one usually making it but if the carrots survive then the potatoes should have no problem.

     

    Also, looking more into this stuff, stock is basically soup but you separate the liquid and the rest of the stuff? Do I get that right?

  10. themaniac

    themaniac

    Your basically stealing the flavor from food and putting it into the water, it makes adding more flavor to things easier because you can just use it instead of plain water. Though soup is probably the most common use for it

  11. dizmo

    dizmo

    Seems like a lot of work for something that's so cheap to buy.

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