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[lierdumoa]

So yesterday, after buying some pre-sliced beef marrow bones on a whim at Whole Foods (I went in hoping to buy chicken liver, since all my other local grocery stores have stopped selling it; consequently this Whole Foods has ALSO stopped selling it, and the butcher shop I tried only sells enormous restaurant portions), I roasted them for a bit, ate some of the marrow with some gnocchi I had in the fridge, then threw the bones and whatever marrow was still clinging to the insides of them into a pot to make a minimalist bone broth -- by which I mean I just boiled the bones with a few cloves of garlic and some dry Herbes de Provence spice mix and a few bay leaves and didn’t bother to add fresh vegetables like most recipes call for because I didn’t feel like going on another grocery run.

I put it in the fridge last night. I want it to simmer for another day before I strain it, but before putting it back on the stove this morning, I took all the fat that had floated to the top of the mix, now solidified and infused with Herbes de Provence and garlic, put a little in a frying pan to scramble this morning's eggs, and put the rest in an empty cream cheese container I rescued from my recycling bin and back in the fridge.

Best goddamn scrambled eggs I've ever eaten.

ETA: I made it to the grocery store and got a red onion and some baby carrots to add to the bone broth. I will use it for couscous later in the week.