Kitchen

[shy bobcat]

Planning to make chicken broth from the leftovers of a cooked chicken.  I had a thought of grinding the bones in the vitamix.  Has anyone done this? 

[Lori Kaye]

My neighbor uses her Vitamix to make dog food and she grinds chicken bones in it with no problem. 

[Kachina624]

Do as you wish but I wouldn't grind bones in my Vitamix.  It's too expensive an appliance to risk it.

[jaxs mom]

I wouldn't, I've ground bone in meat in my meat grinder though. 

[jackthebear]

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@shy bobcat wrote:

Planning to make chicken broth from the leftovers of a cooked chicken.  I had a thought of grinding the bones in the vitamix.  Has anyone done this? 

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I wouldn't do that,

I make soup all the time from chicken carcasses in my pressure cooker,

I know there is a whole bone broth thing going on now, 

I don't thing that grinding them up and ingesting them is good healtwise.

research it first.

I certainly wouldn't do it.  Heavy metals stay in bone

[KYToby]

Unless you are a giant grianding the bones of an English man to make your bread, I would avoid it.

Fe - Fi - Fo - Fum

[wagirl]

Why do you add crushed bone to dog food? I don't have a dog so am curious. I wouldn't put it in the VM either. Maybe a food grinder but wonder if that would be fine enough not to stick in some vital organs when eaten. I make fabulous chicken broth after cooking a whole chicken in my pressure cooker.

[shy bobcat]

I very much appreciate your comments and always get valuable advice here.  Thank you.

[software]

I wouldn't put bones in my Vitamix.

But I did see something on the internet, people making fertilizer by grinding their egg shells, coffee grounds & banana peels in their Vitamix.   It comes out looking like damp soil.    Supposed to be good for the garden.    I have a black thumb, so don't ask me!

[CLEM]

I think the Vitamix can easily handle chicken bones.  I wouldn't do any other bones though.  But chicken bones are fairly soft.