I am interested in making my own beef broth from bones left over from chuck roasts, t-bone steaks, etc. However I currently do not have enough bones to make a batch with.
Can I get a big ziplock "bag o' bones" going and keep it in the freezer, adding to it as I get more bones, and finally thaw + use all the bones once I have enough?
Or do bones "go bad" in the freezer, freezer burn easily, or cause other problems when accumulating the bones slowly over time?
Yes, you can. The advantage, as you point out, is that you can collect the bones until you have enough to make a flavorful stock. They freeze well, but will last even longer (avoiding freezer burn) if you can remove as much air as possible from the package. I often do with with chicken bones, necks, and skin until I accumulate a decent amount for a stock.
Yes.
But considering you can highly condense the stock (past consume to bullion), it’s not clearly why you want to do this.
