I kept a quart sized freezer bag in the back of the freezer for all my scraps as an experiment.

Anything that isn’t rotten or hopelessly dirty goes in, and I make stock once the bag is filled. This batch is tons of asparagus stems, pepper guts, tiny garlic cloves I didn’t want to peel, green onion tops that got crinkly, etc. Stems. Peels. Butts. Etc.

I added a carrot and a potato cut up, and some dried herbs.

Fingers crossed.

  • stanka
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    2 months ago

    My wife does this and has for some time. Works great, good move.

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      2 months ago

      What kind of containers does she use for storage? I didn’t really plan ahead, so I’ve got a big clean pickle jar and some quart freezer bags for this batch.

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        2 months ago

        I do this often enough to always have the stock in my freezer. I just let it cool to just above room temp and then transfer it to gallon size ziplocs with room to expand.

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        2 months ago

        She has seperate gallon bags for veggies and bones.

        She suggests using a crockpot overnight, especially for the bone-batch. Slow and low overnight.