An experiment.

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I lost track.  The chicken hindquarters are thawed.  So, I had to find out how long to cook it thawed.  For as many thighs as were in the package, the suggestion was twelve minutes.  But I have drummies with those.  So, fifteen minutes?  Though, that isn't the experiment.  No.  I wasn't sure how thick the stock would be.  I could add chicken stock, but that... won't tell me.

So, of course, I will cook it, let it cool, and then see how thick it is.  I might refrigerate it, after pulling the meat which will be allowed to cool to room temperature before being deboned.  I want to see if it will gel at all.  If not, I may heat it back up, and get on the experiment.  If it doesn't gel, I have clear beef gelatin.  The same stuff one makes the dessert, jello , from... minus any flavors or sweeteners, or anything at all really.  Just the stuff that solidifies.  And, actually, the same stuff that does the same in bone stocks if made potent enough.

So, if it doesn't gel, I will add some amount of the raw gelatin.  How much?  I have no idea.  But only if there is enough flavor.  I will be putting the bones back in, as well, and pressure cooking those.  I will probably not put the gelatin in, while that pressure cooks, but after.  Ugh... trying to think this through on the fly.  But, yes, it would be nice to have a little self-contained soup and stock in one go.  Will see.

Oh, the keto bread I made?  I did, then, crisp it a bit in the oven, buttering it after.  It was... okay.  It held together well enough.  It just... I was hoping for a bit more?  No complaints.  I think the vinegar might have helped.  I think the salt, while I couldn't taste it, also helped... or the flavor would have been tinier?  More one-dimensional?  I also didn't try jelly on it.  I do have raspberry and strawberry, sugar free.  I just... I was tired, wanted to eat, had fussed enough.  Still, it will work for a quick add.  I would like to try others, mix, match, change, figure.

It will take time to get the foods sorted.  But, too, I may be looking for a flavor or texture or sensation while or after consuming that just won't exist with non-wheat breads.  I get that.  But we are all looking for something for nothing.  It's in our dna.  Not a terrible thing, just a basic truth.  We want what we want, and we want it without paying for it.  Still, I'll... keep trying.

Oh, as well, part of what is holding me back, slowing me down, is a terrible bloody nose.  It started, without me doing a thing, shortly after waking... I think before that first post this "morning".  I keep checking, every few hours, but it just won't stop!  And it is a very heavy bleed.  If I don't change the plug from time to time, or if I move too much, it soaks through the tissue.  I, oddly, am not getting it kicked back into my throat and down.  No swelling.  So it must be a simple lack of clotting.  The plug is just keeping it in the vein or lessor, and from there is just flows on.  Very odd.

Later.