Stock vs Broth - Page 2

Broth is for the customer and stock is for me.  Broth is finished  with appropriate seasoning etc and served to guest. Stock is strained out of pot of bones and  mirepoix and herbs. and stored or used for something else. Thats my definition for what it's worth.

I'm in the stock is made from bones, broth is made from mostly meat camp.

With stock, I think, you actually DON'T want a strong flavor. Thats why veal is the most highly prized for making a rich, gelatinous stock. It's fairly neutral, and when you go to make a sauce later it won't interfere with the other things you want in the sauce, but still give you the gelatin you want for body and mouthfeel. But bones, in general, don't have a lot of flavor to just themselves.

IMO, broth's are generally meant to be served "as is" and should be pretty intensely flavored. Usually they are made from meat (or a mixture of meat and bones, like a chicken carcass) and often the meat is served with the broth, like in chicken soup or chicken pot pie. 

This doesn't mean that, say, a stock can't make a good base for a soup, but it will most likely need to be fortified with vegetables and meat.

But again, I would say, stock has more neutral flavor and much more body, where a broth has much more flavor but less body. 

I know someone already mentioned bones and their wonderful contributions, but I tend to say "Broth" when I"m making potages. Often, with no "stock" but a vegetable simmered in water and then served as is or pureed.

I'm taking culinary classes and one textbook is "On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals". It says "The techniques for making stocks discussed in Chapter 10 are identical to those used for making broths. Like stocks, broths are prepared by simmering flavoring ingredients in a liquid for a long time. Broths and stocks differ, however, in two ways. First, broths are made with meat instead of just bones. Second, broths (often with a garnish) can be served as finished dishes, whereas stocks are generally used to prepare other items."