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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The local store sells chicken drums and thighs, back attached for between .98 lb and 1.19 Canadian. I take it home, then cut it up into drums and thighs and backs. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I freeze them all on cookie sheets separately, then put in bags then in plastic containers. This freezes them faster (better flavour and texture) and allows me to grab the exact number I need.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I bake the backs and skin and fat in a large pan. I add bits of onion. I brown it all a bit. Then I make a stock, about 8 to 12 quarts. I get it hot as soon as possible (start on med-high to high) with cold water. Turn it down when it just starts to boil. After six hours I add carrots, celery and onions and a couple bay leaves. I usually save vegetable trimmings when I am cooking. At seven and a half hours (after start of boiling) I add crushed pepper corns and a little salt. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;After eight hours I turn off the heat and put it on a cold granite cutting board. Cool for 30 min. I strain the liquid and fat into another pot. Then I put it in the sink with cold water and ice packs. Cool as quickly as possible. Then I put it all in the fridge. The next day the fat has solidified on top. I remove it and through it out. I divide the stock into containers and freeze it. I use yogurt containers, 750ml, 125ml and ice cube trays. This covers all the different amounts I use in different recipes. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Note that you need to get the temperature of the stock up quickly and when you are finished, down quickly to reduce chances of food poisoning. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;When I was working in a restaurant another cook took the pot off the heat just as it was warming up. He forgot to put it back on. By the next morning the pot was &#039;boiling&#039; at room temperature, and it was the foulest, most gruesome, disgusting concoction I had ever had the misfortune of encountering. &lt;br/&gt;I made the other cook clean up the problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The local store sells chicken drums and thighs, back attached for between .98 lb and 1.19 Canadian. I take it home, then cut it up into drums and thighs and backs. </p>
<p>I freeze them all on cookie sheets separately, then put in bags then in plastic containers. This freezes them faster (better flavour and texture) and allows me to grab the exact number I need.</p>
<p>I bake the backs and skin and fat in a large pan. I add bits of onion. I brown it all a bit. Then I make a stock, about 8 to 12 quarts. I get it hot as soon as possible (start on med-high to high) with cold water. Turn it down when it just starts to boil. After six hours I add carrots, celery and onions and a couple bay leaves. I usually save vegetable trimmings when I am cooking. At seven and a half hours (after start of boiling) I add crushed pepper corns and a little salt. </p>
<p>After eight hours I turn off the heat and put it on a cold granite cutting board. Cool for 30 min. I strain the liquid and fat into another pot. Then I put it in the sink with cold water and ice packs. Cool as quickly as possible. Then I put it all in the fridge. The next day the fat has solidified on top. I remove it and through it out. I divide the stock into containers and freeze it. I use yogurt containers, 750ml, 125ml and ice cube trays. This covers all the different amounts I use in different recipes. </p>
<p>Note that you need to get the temperature of the stock up quickly and when you are finished, down quickly to reduce chances of food poisoning. </p>
<p>When I was working in a restaurant another cook took the pot off the heat just as it was warming up. He forgot to put it back on. By the next morning the pot was &#8216;boiling&#8217; at room temperature, and it was the foulest, most gruesome, disgusting concoction I had ever had the misfortune of encountering. <br />I made the other cook clean up the problem.</p>
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		<title>By: Amanda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, &quot;the great greasy chicken accident&quot; brings back fond memories of &quot;the diet coke dumped all over mom&#039;s taxes... wait for it....not once but twice.  I think that is the only time I&#039;ve ever seen mom REALLY loose her cool.  I think I hid upstairs for a feew weeks after that.  Ah, good times!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, &#8220;the great greasy chicken accident&#8221; brings back fond memories of &#8220;the diet coke dumped all over mom&#8217;s taxes&#8230; wait for it&#8230;.not once but twice.  I think that is the only time I&#8217;ve ever seen mom REALLY loose her cool.  I think I hid upstairs for a feew weeks after that.  Ah, good times!</p>
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		<title>By: patricia</title>
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		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too funny. I have done this more than a few times too! Seriously, though, I&#039;ve been thinking that your chicken broth must be a lot more chickeny than mine. I think I get 6-8 cups from about 3 lbs of chicken parts (usually left over carcasses that were carved before serving, not plate leftovers), and then another cup or 2 of chicken that would otherwise have ended up in the compost. My soups (mostly Joy of Cooking, sometimes Moosewood Cookbook) are sometimes 100% chicken broth if I have lots, but often 50/50. This has been a huge money saver for me, and even a time saver too. Faster than takeout.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too funny. I have done this more than a few times too! Seriously, though, I&#8217;ve been thinking that your chicken broth must be a lot more chickeny than mine. I think I get 6-8 cups from about 3 lbs of chicken parts (usually left over carcasses that were carved before serving, not plate leftovers), and then another cup or 2 of chicken that would otherwise have ended up in the compost. My soups (mostly Joy of Cooking, sometimes Moosewood Cookbook) are sometimes 100% chicken broth if I have lots, but often 50/50. This has been a huge money saver for me, and even a time saver too. Faster than takeout.</p>
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		<title>By: Mom2fur</title>
		<link>http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/more-about-chicken-thighs/comment-page-1/#comment-142</link>
		<dc:creator>Mom2fur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, I&#039;m going to be so happy to get that recipe! I love chicken and stuffing--a casserole sounds really good. Thanks!&lt;br/&gt;And all that work is worth it, isn&#039;t it? Homemade broth is sooooo much better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, I&#8217;m going to be so happy to get that recipe! I love chicken and stuffing&#8211;a casserole sounds really good. Thanks!<br />And all that work is worth it, isn&#8217;t it? Homemade broth is sooooo much better.</p>
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		<title>By: Kodijack</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kodijack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sometimes we trade money for time, and sometimes we trade time for money.  Sorry to hear about &quot;the drop&quot; but look what good came out of it. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes we trade money for time, and sometimes we trade time for money.  Sorry to hear about &#8220;the drop&#8221; but look what good came out of it. <img src='http://www.frugalupstate.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Frugal Homemaker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frugal Homemaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, processing is a pain, but it is so worth it in the end.  Good job!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, processing is a pain, but it is so worth it in the end.  Good job!</p>
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