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Is it okay to ask? (S/O I didn't realize you wanted that to go.)
jpcher:
--- Quote from: kakack on May 15, 2012, 10:10:08 AM ---Throw away a perfectly good ham bone from Honey Baked Hams? Gaahh - what was she thinking!?!?! While I don't make split pea soup, I do make white beans with ham bones. Yum.
In fact, one of my Mom's charity groups had some sort of fund raiser and served a ham on the bone. They had a fund raising raffle for the ham bone!
I think you were perfectly alright to ask for the bone, especially since you're willing to share the results.
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Love the red bold above! I would bid high for a decent ham bone . . . I don't serve a whole lot of people any more so a decent ham bone for soups is kinda scarce in my world.
Thanks for letting me know that I wasn't rude. ;D
CluelessBride:
I agree that you were fine to ask when you saw that she was throwing it away. In general if I'm throwing something away (food or item), I'd rather it go to good use if someone else has need/want for it.
But I have a question, how do you freeze bones for making stock later? I've always made it right away or refrigerated the bones and made it the next day at the latest. Then I freeze the stock. But I'm guessing freezing the bones takes less time? And can you freeze other bones as well?
gramma dishes:
--- Quote from: guihong on May 15, 2012, 11:44:29 AM ---... I found a worn wire, so it's not worth the risk of fire ...
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I'm about the least "handy with tools" person you'll ever meet, but I do know how to completely rewire a lamp. I could have saved your lamp for you! :(
Raintree:
Sounds like she was unaware of the value of bones for making soup stocks. Because she was offering you what she perceived as "better" meat after you asked about the bone. I don't think you were rude at all, though I might have explained about how the bone is the best part for making soup.
jpcher:
--- Quote from: CluelessBride on May 15, 2012, 09:01:51 PM ---But I have a question, how do you freeze bones for making stock later? I've always made it right away or refrigerated the bones and made it the next day at the latest. Then I freeze the stock. But I'm guessing freezing the bones takes less time? And can you freeze other bones as well?
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Yes, you can freeze the bones the same as any meats. Zip-lock baggie with all the juices, etc. or wrapped up in seran wrap (whatever the bone fits in.)
I froze the bones because I didn't have enough time until the next weekend to make the soup and didn't want it to sit in the fridge for a week. 'Fridge thawed the night before.
I don't make a stock. With the split pea soup I put the bone with the meat on along with the juices in with the peas as they are cooking. Once the peas are close to done, the cling-on meat is easy to take off the bone.
I've also frozen chicken and turkey bones for making stock later.
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