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Originally Posted by Froide
I remember Mom and my grandmothers' buying "soup bones" from the butcher, for this purpose. Perfectly legit animal bones; no cannibalism involved.
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We still do. Bones from chicken and turkey are easy (we put the chicken bones in a freezer container until we have enough to make a potful), but for cow bones, we now only get organic ones, to reduce the chance of prions (which cause KJD in humans/mad-cow in cows) and any other bad "stuff" from today's large-scale cattle techniques. Same for any bones for the pups, these days, since non-organic have an extremely high chance of having e-coli and/or salmonella.
Our local butchers used to just give the bones away - now, you have to pay thru the nose for them. We do have one restaurant that will give you the really big bones for your dog, if you ask nicely, tho.
Makes much better broth than those cubes. Roasting the bones give them better flavor, too, IMO.