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(Phred) wrote in
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> In article >,
> (fresh~horses) wrote:
(villa deauville) wrote in message
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>>> Can someone tell me where I can buy fine muslin that can be used to
>>> cook vegtables that are used in the soup . Sounds like it would work
>>> for the chicken too. Clear soup . At last!!!!!!!
>>
>>Things I have used. I've not bought muslin or cheesecloth in my life:
>>
>>1. old cotton undyed flour and rice sacks. I keep them for that.
>>Vintage. 2. well rinsed white cotton t-shirts I get from fun runs. (I
>>didn't, of
>> course.)
>>3. the white 100 per cent cotton 'flat' sheets from sets. (I use only
>>fitted.) 4. coffee filters.
>>5. new unused panty hose. The top part. You can also use this as a
>>fish net.
>
> Bronzed Aussies use *two* sets when swimming in the sea in summer to
> protect against box jellyfish AKA sea wasps. You cut a hole in the
> fork of the second set for your head, and poke your arms into the
> legs. The first pair is used in a more conventional manner. (Not
> that most male Aussies wear them all the time.
>
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> Cheers, Phred.
>

If you make your stock in one of those fancy (Phancy to you) Pasta pots
with the holey insert in place, a lot of straining is redundant especially
if your spices are in a Tea-ball.

-Right out of Cooks Illustrated but para-phrased (pehaps frased?) by me.

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Last year's nuts must go.
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