Ophelia wrote:

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> "Gary" wrote in message ...
> "U.S. Janet B." wrote:
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> > I don't know why I do it, but I reserve the bay leaf and thyme for
> > the final soup. But yes, I do toss some peppercorns in when making
> > the stock.
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> I know why you do it. Best to make chicken stock as plain as can
> be. That gives it a wide variety of uses in many dishes. I always
> make mine plain.
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> What do you use yours for?

For me, I use it partly for the dogs who are older and the natural GSM
for their joints works well. Our cat is also older and she likes a
little noshe of it also. We call it the 'nooner meal' as around noon
we give them a treat. We move a frozen bag to defrost in the fridge
every other day (or more if we need some for 2foot cooking) and split
1/2 cup or so per day to the pets.