What Does Inedible Really Mean in Cooking?

[turbo]

I can never seem to find just plain chicken broth. They always like to put stuff in it.

There is no such thing as real commercially-packaged chicken broth. It is absolutely full of monosodium glutamate (which would be fatal to me), and the stupid US regulations do not require the food processors to list it on the label unless it is at least 97% pure in the added form. Instead, they can all it "modified food starch", "hydrolyzed protein", "enzyme extract" and at least 50-100 other aliases. I have ended up in emergency rooms after falling prey to that crap, including one case in which the ER nurses were holding me down (because of the convulsions) and the nurse monitoring the BP monitor was hollering at the doctor, telling her to administer epinephrin NOW because my BP was 24 over 15 or so (it's a little fuzzy, but the high number was definitely in the low 20's). When I regained consciousness, the ER doctor came in and apologized profusely. Apparently, she believed the industry assertions that MSG is absolutely safe.

Do not use any form of canned, dried, etc broth if you are sick. This stuff is really contaminated. I might just be the canary in the coal mine, but that stuff is not real food. Whenever you cook a chicken, do not throw away the carcass. Cut or break the big bones, and throw the bones, skin, inedible parts into a pan and boil the heck out of 'em. Strain the parts out, and simmer the broth down and freeze it. This is the best stuff in the world to start a soup with, and it is a great "silver bullet" to have ready should you or a family member come down sick. It's also great stuff to use instead of plain water to cook up a nice batch of Basmati rice.

 

[honestrosewater]

*pretends to get the joke*

Oh, you're so clever.

 

[Hurkyl]

*phew* I was worried nobody would get it!

And I see that you haven't admonished turbo-1 for posting a minute before you! I see how it is! You just want to pick on the sick and dying! (Ignore the fact I'm feeling mostly better now...)

 

[scott1]

What did you go see the doctor for?

 

[honestrosewater]

And I see that you haven't admonished turbo-1 for posting a minute before you! I see how it is! You just want to pick on the sick and dying! (Ignore the fact I'm feeling mostly better now...)

I started to, but I didn't want to cause a scene and start crying and everything.

 

[turbo]

*phew* I was worried nobody would get it!

And I see that you haven't admonished turbo-1 for posting a minute before you! I see how it is! You just want to pick on the sick and dying! (Ignore the fact I'm feeling mostly better now...)

I will short-post as frequently as possible, displaying rapier-sharp logic and elan. And er, what what else? Is there a point to this post? No? then I must hit the "submit" button immediatly lest someone beat me to it.

 

[turbo]

I started to, but I didn't want to cause a scene and start crying and everything.

Darn! you did it again! I'm siding with Hurkyl on this one!

 

[honestrosewater]

Hey, now this is just getting freaky. Even for you guys. Even for me.

 

[Hurkyl]

I started to, but I didn't want to cause a scene and start crying and everything.

No fair, now I'm the bad guy. Women shouldn't be allowed to cry!

 

[honestrosewater]

I don't cry. I had my tear ducts removed.

Or tied.

Or clogged.

Or whatever makes one unable to cry.

 

[Hurkyl]

Ouch!

 

[honestrosewater]

Yeah, and it didn't even work!

 

[Hurkyl]

Yeah, and it didn't even work!

Oh no! That's terrible! *comfort*

Er wait... that's probably a good thing... now I'm all confused!

 

[honestrosewater]

Hah, sorry, I didn't expect you to fall for that. Those were my crocodile's tears. I don't cry in front of mammals. That was some first-rate comforting though.

 

[Hurkyl]

Hah, sorry, I didn't expect you to fall for that. Those were my crocodile's tears. I don't cry in front of mammals. That was some first-rate comforting though.

Bleh, no fair toying with the emotions of a sick and dying man! This is exactly the reason women shouldn't be allowed to cry!

 

[tribdog]

she can't cry.

 

[tribdog]

one question: Are you saying we are supposed to take the inedible parts of a chicken and make something to eat?
What is the definition of inedible again?

 

[honestrosewater]

What is the definition of inedible again?

indelible

One entry found for indelible.
Main Entry: in·del·i·ble
Pronunciation: in-'de-l&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English indelyble, from Medieval Latin indelibilis, alteration of Latin indelebilis, from in- + delEre to delete
1 a : that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased b : making marks that cannot easily be removed <an indelible pencil>
2 a : LASTING <indelible memories> b : UNFORGETTABLE, MEMORABLE <an indelible performance>
- in·del·i·bil·i·ty /(")in-"de-l&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- in·del·i·bly /in-'de-l&-blE/ adverb

 

[tribdog]

Thank you, that was quite illegible.

 

[honestrosewater]

I aim to please.

 

[turbo]

one question: Are you saying we are supposed to take the inedible parts of a chicken and make something to eat?
What is the definition of inedible again?

Yes, this the basis for real cooking.