Posy or mix?

shillelagh

shillelagh

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Was down accy today and im going to have a go at making broth. Went to the market stall and asked the assistant have you got any broth posy's left? The girl looked at me and said posy? Whats that? Do you mean broth mix sorry but we've sold out. Anyway when i was deciding what else to get she said Excuse me but what is a broth posy? I've had a few people who have asked me that but whats a broth posy? Ive always called it a broth posy. So told her what my mum told me - that a broth posy is when the veg isnt chopped up - you have to chop it up yourself, mix is when its all chopped up for you. Is that right.

Didnt half make me feel old though!!! :D

Stuck it in here because when was the last time you could buy a broth posy - now its broth mix everywhere.
 
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A posy is better than mix - you can clearly see bug bitten cabbage - ready chopped you cant see it
 
wasn,t aware a broth posy was hard to get these days:confused: seems silly to me, but probably not to the traders, they can get rid of all the crap in a mix, says the cynical one.:(
 
regular buy these coming days
broth mix and shin beef
cant seem to get posy,s from the traders
 
i know they do broth posy's on blackburn market, but have never seen them on accy market
 
When I moved from Accy in 1993 to my present abode in Bury, I was distraught to find that you could neither find broth mix/posy, but over here they call broth mix "pot herbs", exactly the same ingredients but a different name. Sent to try us or what???
 
I always thought broth mix was the cut up root vegetables, and that the broth posies were the bunches of tied up herbs, that you bought with it?
 
I can't find any information on broth posies. The only herb I know for sure that is in them is Thyme.
 
A broth posy is really just an English bouquet garni, and is made up of Thyme, Parsley and a Bay Leaf, tied into a bunch, and added to flavour the broth stock.
 
To me the broth posy was always the bunch of herbs too. My mum used to buy all the veg separate and then a bunch of herbs tied together which was the broth posy. She put it in the broth with the string dangling out so that the woody stalks could easily be fished out when the broth was cooked. Nowadays you don't seem to find the little bunches, just sprigs of thyme.

As I hate chopping hard root veg (I have problems with my hands) I don't object at all the the ready chopped broth mix. Pot herbs would really confuse me though.
 
Never given it a thought till now but i dont think you can get the posys here either . havent seen em for years . but they give off a lovely aroma during cooking .
 
I've heard of broth posy and mix but didn't know the difference between them, last time I made broth it was horrible, must've done something wrong.
 
grego said:
I've heard of broth posy and mix but didn't know the difference between them, last time I made broth it was horrible, must've done something wrong.
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Don't think you can go wrong with broth, you either like it or you don't IMHO. Though I love all vegetables broth is not my cup of tea.
 
Its best if you use fresh veg,and take time to chop everything tiny,,dont forget a bit of barley,or mixed pulses.and the herbs..Oh and dont forget a bit of celery,it smells lovely ,,ooooh i am hungry now:)
 
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