Of the many things I learned in Italy, one of the most important would be how a few simple ingredients can magically become one of the most flavourful, authentic, and delicious dishes you ever thought were possible to be put on your tongue. You don't realize these things until you return home, back to aisles of frozen, boxed food and hundreds of ingredient lists on products that in Italy contain only one or two. But hey, its cheap right? And really, who knows how to make chicken or beef stock anyways? I can buy it in a can for $1.29! Well I refuse to support the idea that canned broth tastes just as good as the real thing, I tried it, in Italy. One night homemade broth with tortellini the next, store bought. The thing is, people don't usually try out both products around the same time, and really attempt to taste the difference. Which is actually a huge deal.
So today, while grocery shopping I took that can of chicken broth out of my mom's hand and instead we bought a Canadian grown chicken, a bag of carrots, a bag of onions, and used up all our old celery that has been attempting to hide the fact that they are getting old in our fridge. The first time my mom has ever made b
roth.
We also pulled out an old cut of beef from the freezer, not too sure what beefer this one is named, and decided to make a beef stock too! The entire house is filling with moisture from the rolling stocks and the smell is exhilarating!
roth.
