Instead of beef stock, I made beef jello. Oops

[Lauren82]

Last night I made my very first batch of what I thought would be beef stock. Today when I peeled back the layer of fat I was surprised to find a giant bowl of beef jello!

I made my stock using beef short ribs that were really meaty. Is this the cause? How should I store this now? I am guessing it's like super concentrated stock at this point. Whoops!

[seashells]

This is NOT a whoops, you grabbed the golden ring! That gelatin is VERY nutritious, and TFers are constantly trying to troubleshoot if their stock DIDN'T gel. Don't worry, when you heat it up again it will be luscious, not jelly.

[Lauren82]

LOL! Well, that's good to know! Here I was worried that I did something wrong since it was ALL gelled.

[seashells]

No, the only thing you did wrong is to get people all jealous of your gelled stock :)

[xixstar]

I was all disappointed the first time I made stock, it was jelly too. In fact, I think I ended up wasting most of it because I didn't know.

[SuburbanHippie]

Jelly is definitely what you want!  It turns back to liquid as it heats up. 

[prancie]

lucky you!

[lookatreestar]

same thing happened the first time i made chicken stock, luckily i used it all the next day and i knew it would just melt back down. yum!

[sapphire_chan]

So, since you've made the perfect pot'o'stock, how about sharing exactly what you did?

[amcal]

Lucky!!! My stock never gels!