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It’s a great addition to the compost heap though! ETA: shouldn’t use normally edible parts to make stock. Only like the tips and tails of carrots, celery root
by mckn1ght 3y ago
It’s a great addition to the compost heap though!
ETA: shouldn’t use normally edible parts to make stock. Only like the tips and tails of carrots, celery root balls, onion peels… I keep a gallon ziplock in the freezer that accumulates these as I cook other things. When it’s full I usually make chicken stock.
- gnicholas 3y agoHow do you get enough carrots if you're just using tips/tails? Or do you supplement that with whole carrots?
- dekhn 3y agoYou can also "splurge" and make a veggie stock using whole ingredients; for example, I use whole fresh celery, carrots, peppers, onions, and garlic. It's like $5 of ingredients.
- mckn1ght 3y agoNope I just use whatever is in the bag, I don’t care too much about the ratio. But we try to eat lots of carrot/celery sticks for snacks, and I regularly cook things with mirepoix so there’s not exactly a dearth of them.
- aftoprokrustes 3y agoI cook for a 5 persons household, and I fill 4 to 5 1L Ziplock bags with vegetable peels, tips/tails and other "garbage", which I then turn into 1 to 2L of stock. We also eat a lot of pasta, and I make sure to keep the "skin" of parmeggiano or grana padano we eat, and throw it in there as well. If you try it, you will likely be surprised by how mich usually gets thrown away.