Friend of Julie: Bone Broth

This recipe comes from Chris, who posted it on the facebook Key Hypnosis Support Group, in response to a question about what to eat when you're sick.

bone broth (photo credit: It's All About the Broth!)

Bone Broth

• Put some bones in a crock pot and fill to within an inch or so of the top. 
• Add 1-2 tbsp raw vinegar (to draw out the minerals) and simmer on low for 24-48 hrs.
• Any sort of bones will do: beef shank (marrow) bones, chicken, fish, or anything else.
• You don't have to thaw them if they're frozen. 
• You can add in an onion, a carrot and three stalks of celery, maybe a bay leaf, or whatever you like. 
• When the broth is done, remove the big solids with a slotted spoon (use a chopstick to push any marrow still in its bone back into the broth). 
•  Use any sort of colander or stainless steel strainer to strain the broth into a large mixing bowl, from which you can then ladle it into wide-mouth quart-size glass canning jars (get the ones without toxins in their lids). 
• Let the broth cool to room temperature before refrigerating or freezing. 
• If you've used beef bones, the beef fat, or tallow, will rise to the top and form a neat disc that you can scoop out almost intact. 
• Save this valuable tallow in a glass jar or bowl and use it for cooking; as a traditional cooking fat, it can stand high heat (unlike the more vulnerable vegetable oils) and lends a lovely mild beef flavor to whatever you're making. 
• As for your broth, you can drink it straight up or use it as a basis for a good, tasty, nutrient-dense soup.

Good to sip on those hungry days also!
  
Comment from Theresa about this recipe:
One of my friends, who has maintained her weight her whole life, has bone broth on a regular basis. After she cooks a chicken, she takes all the meat off and follows the above recipe and uses the chicken carcass.

Additional benefits of this broth: (source: It's All About the Broth!)

• Enhanced sleep
• Reduced injury pain
• Stronger teeth and bones
• Reduced food cravings
• Greatly reduced “shakes” that are attributed to hypoglycemia
• Improved hair, nails and skin

Comment from Jennifer:

When you are sick, you do what you do for when you are sick!!!! When I was in Las Vegas, I got sick (tummy sick, if you know what I mean) and had saltines and Pepsi that night, and toast the next morning. That is what I needed to calm my stomach; there was NO way I could put any meat in my belly!!!!!!!. I didn't do it for anything other than to make myself feel better-I did not eat them because of the taste or "wanting them". She said I did the right thing :-)