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Easy Way to Remove Solids from Stock

When Julia Weinberg of Ann Arbor, Mich., is making homemade chicken stock, she places the chicken bones and vegetable scraps in a large pasta pot with an insert. After it has simmered for 1 to 2 hours, she just removes the insert to discard the solids.

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