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12231640 No.12231640 [Reply] [Original]

How bad is it to actually use these?
I don't have the time or much will to make my own chicken stock. And I make soups now and then and water based ones don't taste as full. Should I just stick to water anyway?
I'm mostly concerned about chemicals

>> No.12231663

>>12231640
Don't use those use the gelatinised stock pots which are made almost entirely from concentrated stock, and contain actual chicken/beef fat where as the cubes are essentially yeast, Msg & dry animal proteins

>> No.12231676

>>12231640
Real homemade stock >>>>>> Gel or paste-type instant products like Knorr Stock Pots and Better than Boullion >>> Cubes/powder

There's no dangerous chemicals in those cubes unless you count a high amount of sodium. The main reason they suck for cooking is they lack gelatin. When you say your "water based soups don't taste as full" that's what you're missing--the gelatin the stock for texture/mouthfeel.

homemade stock is easy and cheap. there's no reason not to make it. If you have a slow cooker/crock pot or a pressure cooker it's even easier.

>> No.12231699
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>>12231640
ignore the trash in this thread who shit on this because they are smug snobs
most people dont/wont/cant make their own stock, and these are cheap and function about the same.
they are perfectly fine to use, just dont add any additional salt to your dishes as these fucks are as salty as a redditor being called a soyboy.
if you want a better alternative thats just as inexpensive try pic related or some other brand
>worrying about chemicals
sigh. the ingredients are on the back, look them up if you want to micromanage every single ingredient.

>> No.12231747

>>12231640
If you don't have homemade, Better than Bouillon reduced sodium and using more than the directions says works in a pinch. The fuck is with all of these having so much salt and msg? I can add that myself.

>> No.12231754

>>12231747
>The fuck is with all of these having so much salt and msg?
Those cost less than meat, bones, and aromatic vegetables.

>> No.12231770

>>12231663
>>12231676
Could I just add some gelatin powder then?

>> No.12231785

>>12231770
Adding gelatin powder will help, yes. But it's still not as good as making your own stock.

I'm honestly clueless as to why people seem to put forth so much effort to avoid making stock. It's easy as fuck. It's cheap. It requires very little labor, only time. And with all of that said it's easily the biggest epiphany I can think of for most cooks. There's a reason why making stock is the first thing you learn to make in culinary school, and why cookbook authors from Julia Child to fucking Morimoto stress its importance. Try making some and it will be an eye-opening experience. IMHO it's easily the single most important thing you can do to elevate your cooking from meh to fucking amazing. And between soups, stews, sauces, and cooking liquid you have a bazillion applications for it in the kitchen.

>> No.12231792

>>12231770
Stock cubes contain ndxt to no actual meat. They just won't taste as good. Gelatin will help with the texture but not the flavor. If you really cba to make stock then use better than bouillon or stock pots.

>> No.12232509

>>12231699
>sigh.
Oh lord, aren’t you special

>> No.12232526

>>12231640
It is not bad at all to use Knorr. I use them nearly every day. Do not stick to water only, use Knorr stockpot. There are no harmful chemicals.

>> No.12232581

>>12232509
>being triggered by a word
ethnic detected

>> No.12233108

>>12231699
>most people cant/wont make their own stock
How incompetent/lazy do you have to be not to save meat bones and scraps or buy cheapass necks and bones, dump them in water and simmer for several hours while jacking off to anime or video games? C'mon, I feel even millennials are capable of that.

>> No.12233109

>>12231663
thanks for the tip Marco

>> No.12233314

>>12233108
>millennials are capable of that.
jacking off to anime or video games for hours? your absolutely correct, thats all they are good for. that and being enormous literal faggots

>> No.12233733

>>12231663
>Dry animal proteins

Did you just make that up? What is that?

>> No.12233830

>>12233733
you know how there's animal protein? you can dehydrate it to dry it.

>> No.12234106

better than boullion is high tier if I dont have stock on hand, or if im only using a cup of stock for a gravy

>> No.12234122

>>12231785
You're way overselling homemade stock, dude.

>> No.12234126

>>12231640
you're made of chemicals and everything you've ever eaten or drank or breathed is made of chemicals

>> No.12234129

>>12231676
>mouthfeel
Opinion instantly disregarded.

>> No.12234132

>>12231699
>sigh
fucking reddit soyboy

>> No.12234146

>>12234126
Not all chemicals are good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQbCOz9nlU

>> No.12234169

>>12233108
I can do that. Im convinced. Ill try making my own stock.

>> No.12234475

>>12234146
Not all chemicals are bad.

>> No.12234955

I use knorr stock pots because of the mpw memes. I wish there was a powdered boullion that wasn't 90% salt though. is it that hard to just evaporate all the water out of chicken stock?

>> No.12234976

>>12233108
I have one day a week where I can spend all day cooking and I already use it to cook food to freeze and eat the other 6 days.

>> No.12235040

>>12234475
But you allow the producers of the chemicals to tell you they're fine. Since we know from history that won't be the case, why do yo keep sucking at their tit?

>> No.12235118

>>12235040
>why do yo keep sucking at their tit?
because they have to follow food safety laws? They're not perfect but thinking that every powdered foods is going to give you cancer immediately is silly.