Trying something new this morning...

I have to make some chicken stock today as dad has requested chicken
fried rice this weekend. ;-) I _always_ cook my brown rice with stock,
never with water and I was out of any frozen I had on hand... I'll toss
a handfull of black and red rice in with the brown for a little color
and variety.

I also always make fried rice with pre-cooked rice.

Anyhoo, I'm using phoenix claws again for the stock and I like to eat
them after removing them from the stock broth but I have a hard time
removing all the veggies from meat when I want to reserve the meat from
drumsticks or whole chicken, but not the veggies/aromatics.

Obviously a strainer can remove everything from the stock but it's a
PITA to pick it all off the meat.

So, I'm trying a zipping mesh bag. The kind used for washing delicate
lacy laundry. :-)

I chopped up an onion, fine sliced some celery tops, garlic and ginger
and put it all in the mesh bag and zipped it up. Kinda like making a
giant bouquet garni. No other herbals, not yet. I'll add those to the
rice later when I go to cook it along with some white pepper.

Should make it easy to remove! It's at the very top of the pressure
cooker, spread out over the top of the chicken feet.

Smells divine right now, has about another 30 minutes to go. From the
way it smells, I've no doubt that the essence is going where it
belongs....
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> Trying something new this morning...
>
> I chopped up an onion, fine sliced some celery tops, garlic and ginger
> and put it all in the mesh bag and zipped it up. Kinda like making a
> giant bouquet garni. No other herbals, not yet. I'll add those to the
> rice later when I go to cook it along with some white pepper.
>
> Should make it easy to remove! It's at the very top of the pressure
> cooker, spread out over the top of the chicken feet.
>
> Om


Sounds like a great idea to me! Those mesh bags come in all sizes and
shouldn't be hard to toss in the laundry to get it clean for another
use. I'd probably just wash it with dishtowels and dishcloths.

In article . com>,
"itsjoannotjoann" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > Trying something new this morning...
> >
> > I chopped up an onion, fine sliced some celery tops, garlic and ginger
> > and put it all in the mesh bag and zipped it up. Kinda like making a
> > giant bouquet garni. No other herbals, not yet. I'll add those to the
> > rice later when I go to cook it along with some white pepper.
> >
> > Should make it easy to remove! It's at the very top of the pressure
> > cooker, spread out over the top of the chicken feet.
> >
> > Om
>
>
> Sounds like a great idea to me! Those mesh bags come in all sizes and
> shouldn't be hard to toss in the laundry to get it clean for another
> use. I'd probably just wash it with dishtowels and dishcloths.

That's the plan... :-)
The stock is nice and aromatic so it seems to have worked.
I took out the bag and dropped it into a shallow bowl to cool.
I'll express it, then empty it into the compost and toss the bag into
the laundry to wash, or wash it by hand in hot soapy dishwater.

Sure made things easier!
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

Om wrote:

> So, I'm trying a zipping mesh bag. The kind used for washing delicate
> lacy laundry. :-)

I think I'd like a drawstring bag better than a zipping bag. I'd have some
concerns:

1. If the zipper is plastic, it could deform in the hot liquid. Also, the
metallic slide and foot of plastic zippers are often painted.

2. If the zipper is metallic, it could corrode or lend an off-taste to the
food. Lots of zippers are made from brass or aluminum.

3. I'd want to be sure that the mesh itself was 100% cotton and preferably
not dyed.


A zipping mesh bag COULD work for me, but it would have to undergo a
stringent screening process!

Bob

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Om wrote:
>
> > So, I'm trying a zipping mesh bag. The kind used for washing delicate
> > lacy laundry. :-)
>
> I think I'd like a drawstring bag better than a zipping bag. I'd have some
> concerns:

That's a good idea. :-)

>
> 1. If the zipper is plastic, it could deform in the hot liquid. Also, the
> metallic slide and foot of plastic zippers are often painted.

This was just a plain, bare metal zipper.
Everything tastes ok, I ate the chicken feet and tasted the broth and
there is no "off" flavor that I can detect. When I make stock and use
the pressure cooker, it's only cooked for 30 to 60 minutes depending on
what the meat is.

Chicken meat, 30 minutes
Chicken feet, 45 minutes
Pig trotters or hocks, 60 minutes

>
> 2. If the zipper is metallic, it could corrode or lend an off-taste to the
> food. Lots of zippers are made from brass or aluminum.

Making a drawstring one a better idea. :-)
It worked this time, but I'll have to go looking for one of those.
I know I've seen them.

>
> 3. I'd want to be sure that the mesh itself was 100% cotton and preferably
> not dyed.

It was. And pure white.

>
>
> A zipping mesh bag COULD work for me, but it would have to undergo a
> stringent screening process!

And for good reason!
Thanks for the input.

>
> Bob
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

"Bob Terwilliger" > writes:
> > So, I'm trying a zipping mesh bag. The kind used for washing delicate
> > lacy laundry. :-)
>
> I think I'd like a drawstring bag better than a zipping bag. I'd have some
> concerns:
>
> 1. If the zipper is plastic, it could deform in the hot liquid. Also, the
> metallic slide and foot of plastic zippers are often painted.
>
> 2. If the zipper is metallic, it could corrode or lend an off-taste to the
> food. Lots of zippers are made from brass or aluminum.
>
> 3. I'd want to be sure that the mesh itself was 100% cotton and preferably
> not dyed.

If look at the homebrew beer world, there are several filter bags that
you can buy that are fine plastic mesh and can hold several pounds of
grain. I use these for stock veggies as well.

http://pivo.northernbrewer.com/nbsto...ew+bag&x=0&y=0

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Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

In article >,
Richard Kaszeta > wrote:

> "Bob Terwilliger" > writes:
> > > So, I'm trying a zipping mesh bag. The kind used for washing delicate
> > > lacy laundry. :-)
> >
> > I think I'd like a drawstring bag better than a zipping bag. I'd have some
> > concerns:
> >
> > 1. If the zipper is plastic, it could deform in the hot liquid. Also, the
> > metallic slide and foot of plastic zippers are often painted.
> >
> > 2. If the zipper is metallic, it could corrode or lend an off-taste to the
> > food. Lots of zippers are made from brass or aluminum.
> >
> > 3. I'd want to be sure that the mesh itself was 100% cotton and preferably
> > not dyed.
>
> If look at the homebrew beer world, there are several filter bags that
> you can buy that are fine plastic mesh and can hold several pounds of
> grain. I use these for stock veggies as well.
>
> http://pivo.northernbrewer.com/nbsto...rm=brew+bag&x=
> 0&y=0

Awesome idea thanks!
There are brewers suppliers in Austin!
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson