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white stock

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noun

Cooking.
  1. a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.


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Like good old Béchamel, Velouté begins with a white roux, but then it gets mixed with white stock made from fish, chicken, or veal.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2022

Evans Spencer Wall, about 40, born in Mississippi of good white stock on the edge of the swamp country, rolled from job to job* newsgatherer, plantation manager, railroad worker, deckhand, taxidriver.

From Time Magazine Archive

Put two cupfuls of white stock into a saucepan with half a dozen mushrooms, chopped fine, a two-inch strip of lemon-peel, salt and pepper to season, and a teaspoonful of minced parsley.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

Cook together three small spoonfuls each of butter and flour, add one cupful of white stock and one quarter cupful of cream.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

Very good economical white stock may be made by using bones only in making the stock, and no meat; use a ham-bone, if possible, with the others, as this gives a nice flavour.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Mary Harrison

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