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Q: Why are Chinese so obsessed with using bones to make soup?

I am not a big fan of bones. But my family and the Chinese resturants are seem so obsessed with using bones to make soup.

 

Where does this obsession come from?

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I do not mind cooking or boiling the damned things in the soup, just don't serve me a bowl of bones.

 

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vicky, how much do they pay you to keep this forum alive?

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Go ask Kitty cat

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i remembr a chef had said animal bones are consderd good for our bones. not sure how far its true!

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That wouldn't surprise me coming from TCM crap, the same people who believe that eating tiger penis will make their own bigger.

 

If there is one thing I should pick about China that gets onto my nerves it's when people rehash this sort of shit to me like it's a universal truth and look at me like I'm crazy when I ask for a proof or a scientific backup to their claims.

 

"Eating this rare fish is good for your heart". "Really? How do you know that?", "Every Chinese know it", "But, why is it good for your heart? Who found out? Is there any study proving it?", "... It just is, every Chinese know it".

 

Asking them to Baidugle it and show me a study in Mandarin that proves their claims is pointless because there are no serious studies backed by science anywhere on the internet, only folk myths backed by nothing but ignorance and superstitions.

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out of a number of Chinese obsessions this would be among the less harmful

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actually, using bones is pretty common in my home too. They do add taste. But naturally we fish it out, so the people having the soup don't have to, just like fish, not served with all the little bones.

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I do not mind cooking or boiling the damned things in the soup, just don't serve me a bowl of bones.

 

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Many countries i visited use bones in their soups and they do add taste .

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Bones are a basic in making a stock (along with other ingredients). But, as said by others, normally you pull the bones out (and then make the actual soup!)

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Bones are used all over the world to make soup. Like Shining mentioned though the bones are taken out before the meal is served.

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I don't use bone to cook soup. And I prefer veggie. 

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It's called stock. If made with meat.it's called broth. A typical chicken stock is made with chicken carcasses, onion, carrot, celery and a bouquet garni (tied up bunch of dried herbs). Stock is the cornerstone of good cooking. All good sauces, soups, pie fillings, braises and stews are made with good quality stock.

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You read the same recipe book that I did :p

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The marrow inside the bone is supposed to be good for joints, glucosomine conjointin (sorry no spellcheck) comes from the marrow of bones. Although not a scientists, I don't know how there could be any value in bone marrow that has been overcooked and the ingredients therein completely boiled away. Many years ago, they used a powder Knox Gelatin, same thing, bone marrow powder.

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