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Default Need Help with Chicken Soup

On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:47:21 -0700, "Pico Rico"
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>"sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:57:26 -0500, Pringles CheezUms
>> > wrote:
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>>> I make, well, my mother still makes, quite a decent chicken soup.
>>> It's ...decent, but I'd like some tips to make it really great.
>>>
>>> Here's what she does:
>>> Boil a chicken the afternoon before, let cool and set in the fridge to
>>> congeal the fat.
>>> Early next afternoon, remove the fat and debone the bird, and add
>>> carrots, corn, potatoes, onions, a can of rotel tomatoes and enuf water
>>> to cover. Simmer several hours, and serve at supper. (no salt added,
>>> some of the family is salt sensitive, but its still tasty.)

>>
>> My method is entirely different. Simmer (I do it overnight in a slow
>> cooker now) chicken with onion, celery and carrot. Strain liquid and
>> discard the vegetables, separate meat from bones and set aside.
>> Separate fat from stock by whatever method you like.

>
>you made broth, not stock.


Broth is simply clarified stock.