US Janet wrote:
> Soup bones around
> here come in a plastice bag in the freezer section. The bones are
> totally without meat or fat, just bone and are expensive for what they
> are.

I've often complained about the weak flavor canned or boxed chicken
broth or stock and I still hold true to that. So easy to make your own
with better flavor.

Not so much for beef stock though. Beef bones are rare or expensive so
last week, I tried a box of Swanson Beef stock for the first time. It
was pretty flavorful, to my surprise. I would buy this again.

I also have a can of beef consomme which I assume might be a bit
stronger tasting. I plan to use that someday, thickened with cornstarch,
to make a "Beef and Broccoli over rice" meal.