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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Homemade Chicken Stock

Posted by Missy W. @ 8:49 AM

My sister-in-law is allergic to MSG, which is in, oh, just about Everything in a package. The marketing machines have come up with more clever titles these days, but as this site mentions, it’s there: monosodium glutamate, enzyme modified, anything fermented, anything protein fortified, anything ultra pasteurized, autolyzed yeast, barley malt, broth, bouillon, calcium caseinate, carrageenan, flavoring, natural flavoring, gelatin, hydrolyzed oat flour, hydrhydrolyzed vegetable, malt extract, maltodextrin, natural flavors, pectin, plant protein extract, potassium glutamate, sodium caseinate, soy protein, soy sauce, textured protein, whey protein, yeast extract, yeast food.

Did you catch that Natural Flavors part? That sh*t is in everything.

So anyway, what’s my point? Oh yeah, I like to have my in-laws over for dinner a lot and therefore have to keep those nights in a 100% MSG-free zone. My sister-in-law pointed out that she can’t have even organic chicken stock because of the “natural flavors.” I happened to be serving a roast chicken the last time they were here, so after they left I just threw it into the crock pot with some water and anything else (non-MSG related, thank you) I could find in the fridge and made my own stock. It made a LOT. My sister suggested I freeze it in one cup increments in plastic bags (Alton Brown says to freeze it in plastic bags flat, then store them vertically after frozen). Instead of using plastic bags, I’ll be using up all those little breast milk freezer bags I have cluttering my drawers now that my pumping days are coming to an end. I’d really like to burn that pump to the ground, by the way.

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