Bought a small marrow bone surrounded by a pound of meat. Very
attractive packaging, but what to do with it?

I'm guessing a base for vegetable soup. Anything else?

And if I brown the meat, should I also brown the bone or just toss it
in the pot?

On Wed 26 Jan 2005 05:55:09a, Stark wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Bought a small marrow bone surrounded by a pound of meat. Very
> attractive packaging, but what to do with it?
>
> I'm guessing a base for vegetable soup. Anything else?
>
> And if I brown the meat, should I also brown the bone or just toss it
> in the pot?
>

I would brown the bone as well.

Wayne

Stark wrote:
> Bought a small marrow bone surrounded by a pound of meat. Very
> attractive packaging, but what to do with it?
>
> I'm guessing a base for vegetable soup. Anything else?
>
> And if I brown the meat, should I also brown the bone or just toss it
> in the pot?

Yup, sounds like you scored an old time soup bone. Personally I think
that the best use for it would be to brown it well on all sides with the
bone and do a veggie/beef soup.

hmmm... I haven't done that for a while... <ding, on goes the light ;-) >

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In article >, Stark >
wrote:

> Bought a small marrow bone surrounded by a pound of meat. Very
> attractive packaging, but what to do with it?
>
> I'm guessing a base for vegetable soup. Anything else?
>
> And if I brown the meat, should I also brown the bone or just toss it
> in the pot?

I'd roast it prior to making soup......
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In article >, Stark >
wrote:

> Bought a small marrow bone surrounded by a pound of meat. Very
> attractive packaging, but what to do with it?
>
> I'm guessing a base for vegetable soup. Anything else?
>
> And if I brown the meat, should I also brown the bone or just toss it
> in the pot?

I also brown the whole piece (bone intact) and cook it intact for the
broth. Then I slip the marrow onto a piece of bread and schmear it
around and maybe sprinkle a little salt on it before eating.
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"Stark" > wrote in message
...
> Bought a small marrow bone surrounded by a pound of meat. Very
> attractive packaging, but what to do with it?
>
> I'm guessing a base for vegetable soup. Anything else?
>
> And if I brown the meat, should I also brown the bone or just toss it
> in the pot?

If it's a real marrow bone then the goal is to eat the marrow, which is a
real treat. I suggest browning the whole thing, using it for soup as you
suggest, then taking it out and eating the marrow.


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Peter wrote:

> If it's a real marrow bone then the goal is to eat the marrow, which is a
> real treat. I suggest browning the whole thing, using it for soup as you
> suggest, then taking it out and eating the marrow.

A week from tonight, I'll be going to dinner in San Francisco. The
restaurant's menu is online, so I looked it over and decided that the entree
I intend to order is "Bone Marrow Crusted Black Cod, with hedgehogs, black
truffles, sauce de poisson." I love bone marrow, but I never would have
thought about using it in that way. It sounds really good,though. (BTW,
anybody know what they might mean by "hedgehogs"?)

Bob

On 27 Jan 2005 00:23:15 -0600, "Bob" >
wrote:

>Peter wrote:
>
>> If it's a real marrow bone then the goal is to eat the marrow, which is a
>> real treat. I suggest browning the whole thing, using it for soup as you
>> suggest, then taking it out and eating the marrow.
>
>A week from tonight, I'll be going to dinner in San Francisco. The
>restaurant's menu is online, so I looked it over and decided that the entree
>I intend to order is "Bone Marrow Crusted Black Cod, with hedgehogs, black
>truffles, sauce de poisson." I love bone marrow, but I never would have
>thought about using it in that way. It sounds really good,though. (BTW,
>anybody know what they might mean by "hedgehogs"?)
>
>Bob

<delurk>

Could be hedgehog mushrooms.

http://www.mssf.org/cookbook/hedgehog.html

</delurk>

Trisha wrote:

>> "Bone Marrow Crusted Black Cod, with hedgehogs, black truffles, sauce de
>> poisson."
<snip>
>>(BTW, anybody know what they might mean by "hedgehogs"?)
>
> <delurk>
>
> Could be hedgehog mushrooms.
>
> http://www.mssf.org/cookbook/hedgehog.html
>
> </delurk>

"The hedgehog mushroom has been described by some as having a mild
chanterelle flavor"

Reading the description on the web page you provided, I *hope* that's what
the menu meant!

Thanks, Trisha!

Bob