I prefer chicken to beef (I don't like the smell) but my local whole foods is great about selling marrow, beef bones, etc.

Have you or anyone else used turkey instead of chicken? I can't stand the smell or taste of chicken but like turkey - odd huh? Is there a marked difference in nutritional content with regard to the broth?

After Thanksgiving dinner, I stripped most of the meat and boiled the entire carcass for 6-8 hours, adding ACV, garlic, chopped onions, parsley and Sea Salt . I love it but DH says it is too bland for him. More for me!!

Yes, go to a local butcher and get good bones, preferably orgainic. And chicken feet soup? lol. I am fortunate to have one of the old school local meat/butcher shops. I first asked for "chicken feet" a few years ago when I was into anti-aging and staying young - this would be pre-illness times.

The butcher laughed at me and said he has only had two other request....one from an asian couple, and another from a young woman who heard it will keep her skin young.

The woman who told me about it was from taiwan. I was told that to get the most benefit, suck the collagen out of the feet before discarding. No way. But it does make delicous broth, and you just discard the feet. My guy cleans them up for me cause he knows they gross me out. 16-20 feet simmered all day or for 24 hours.

A good bone broth should turn to gel when cooled, and can be frozen if made in large batches. Can be used as soup base, with added meat, veggies, and WW noodles, or just as broth. At one time I replaced my morning coffee with it. Add unripe green papaya and it will make your breast grow, but that's another forum.