Subj : Re: Marrow
To : Jim Weller
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 01:51:04
-=> On 09-07-22 22:44, Jim Weller <=-
-=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Marrow <=-
JW> stock ... lamb leg, beef blade steak, pork shoulder, pork
JW> chop and chicken bones in all.
DS> Do you crack the chicken bones
JW> Did you mean the pork shoulder bone? Chicken bones are small and
JW> have very little marrow in them.
No, I meant the chicken bones -- many chicken bones are too small for
that, but leg bones have some marrow -- hence extra flavor in the stock.
DS> and lamb leg to expose their marrow?
If you are going to just use the bones in stock would it be ok to smash
them with a hammer and then strain the result at the end. Or wrap the
smashed bones in cheese cloth, like I do with some spice mixtures in
certain dishes.
JW>
JW> My bone saw has mysteriously disappeared and so I didn't go after
JW> the marrow. I love the stuff though. It's a really old fashioned
JW> treat from the days when butcher shops dealt with whole carcasses.
JW> It was a regular thing when I was a kid. My parents had long handled
JW> small marrow spoons to dig it out. I didn't give it much thought
JW> after that until I met Roslind and Ray was harvesting a lot of big
JW> game so leg bones were abundant.
Speaking of bone saws -- we once went to a halal market to get some
goat. While we were waiting, the staff were cutting up chickens into
small pieces using a band saw *and* not wearing any glove. We know a
butcher who lost part of several fingers when he neglected to wear his
steel mesh glove.
