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#7
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#7 asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 1 decade ago

Chefs & good cooks, how exactly do beef stock, beef broth, beef boullion, and beef tea differ?

Thank you.

Update:

I've wondered vaguely from time to time for years about these differences, but tonight I decided that I really must find out now! So thank you, Angel, for your response, but I'm still a bit muddled about the stock and the boullion. Is the difference between them simply in the way it is used -- stock if used to make something else or boullion if served as is -- or is the stock cooked down, concentrated, or something, before serving it as boullion?

In re the beef tea, I think it is maybe a British thing? It's been mentioned in several books I've read over the years.

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  • angel
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    1 decade ago
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    I've never heard of beef tea...!

    Beef stock - Normally made by simmering beef bones in water

    Beef broth - You get this when you've roasted a beef in the oven, and add water to the drippings and strain it

    Beef boullion - Normally served as a soup, made from the beef stock, or you can buy ready to use beef boullion cubes, liquid or granules

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