Posted by Donna on January 29, 1999 at 14:43:51:
In Reply to: Re: AM I FROM ANOTHER PLANET??? posted by Mark Heller on January 26, 1999 at 12:04:58:
Who eats on planes anyway? That's always been a joke.
It doesn't cost anymore to throw bones in a pot than to fake a sauce, gravy, etc with a base.
as for those labour costs, no one said to stand over the pot for the next 8 hours!!!!!!!!!!!
Donna
: : What's all the problem over the stock and base, anyway?
: : I was always taught not to waste food products or my time.
: : Cooking a turkey? Use the bones. How long does it take to throw bones in a pot, cover add carrots, onions, celery, water, salt, pepper, bay leaf (or not) Simmer for several hours, cool, strain and reduce?
: : The cap and bones from Prime Rib makes the best base for a minestrone.
: : I keep duck bones, chicken bones, beef bones and of course ham bones. I have a freezer full of ready made stocks and bones. It didn't take any time as I was busy doing other jobs in the kitchen.
: : In my early day, I would purchase bones. What an idiot!
: : It takes organization(on my part) to get everything accomplished in my kitchen.
: : I can't believe this caused such a "stir"!!!
: : Too many cooks spoils the broth! Sounds to me that 5 of us in the same kitchen-someone ends up in the stock pot!
: : Something really important about bases (not all, but many) contains MSG, my deadly allergy. I don't eat out often because some cooks put the base in everything from soups to gravies, to a sprinkle on the vegetables.
: : Sometimes you just can't cut corners? Dinner in 20 minutes, I haven't been able to accomplish it!!!
: : Donna
: Donna,
: I agree with you in principal. However there are kitchens that live or die by the labor dollar. An example would be airline kitchns. The way it goes is this.
: Which is more cost effective , a base or a stock. This includes labor. If you are paying someone 12 dollars
: an hour, you do not have them futz around with stocks because after crunching the numbers you find it is more cost effective to use a base. Remember I said nothing of taste.
: This is the world of business. I am just saying keep an open mind. Mark Heller CEC