These bones still ok for stock?

[nicolelynn]

I roasted a chicken on Sunday. After I deboned the thing the bones have been sitting in a ziplock bag in the fridge. I have just been too tired to start stock. I work all day tommorrow and will be out all night so I wouldn't be able to start it until Saturday.

As long as the bones don't smell funny, would you still use them?

[Gale Force]

I'd use them.

[ChristieB]

If they smell fine, I'd use them. I might stick them in the freezer until I can get to them, just to be sure.

What I do, when I'm done picking the bones, is to either put them in a pot on the stove or put them in a bag in the freezer. That way I know they won't get too old to use if things get busy.

[Junegoddess]

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I keep mine in the freezer, along with odd veggie scraps that I collect over a week or two.

But, yes, if it smells ok, use it. After all, you're going to be boiling the darn thing! Maybe add extra garlic, for good measure?

[artemis33]

I'd use them!

[NocturnalMama]

That used to happen to me all the time.... until a wise friend of mine told me to make my stock in a crockpot - so as I debone the chicken I just toss the bones in the crockpot - set it to high until I go to bed and then turn it to low at bedtime, its ready for soup or to be frozen the next day!