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Switched from frozen veggies to farmers market scraps after a talk with a vendor in Austin last spring
Used to buy those $2 bags of frozen mixed vegetables but now I get a box of carrot tops, broccoli stems, and onion ends for $1.50 from the same guy who sells at the Barton Creek market on Saturdays, anyone else tried using veggie scraps for stock instead of the premade cartons?
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skylerc861mo ago
Oh wow, you're really out here paying a dollar fifty for what amounts to produce garbage. I mean I get the appeal of scratch cooking and all but let's not pretend peeling a bunch of onion skins and washing dirt off carrot tops is some kind of life upgrade over just dumping a bouillon cube in water. I tried the scrap stock thing once and ended up with a pot of murky water that tasted vaguely of dirt and regret. Unless you're making like a 12 hour bone broth situation, the premade stuff is fine for most people.
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brian_jackson1mo ago
$1.50 for produce garbage? @skylerc86, are you talking about that brand that sells their veggie scraps in a bag labeled "stock starter" for like $4? I saw that at the store last week and almost choked on my coffee. It was literally a bag of onion peels and carrot ends with a fancy logo on it.
I get what you're saying about the bouillon cubes though. I keep a jar of Better Than Bouillon in my fridge and it does the job for 99 percent of what I cook. The scrap stock thing just never seems worth the cabinet space for a stock pot.
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