I chime in with the boullion (not cubes, in a jar) people. Yes, it is too salty. Just take that into consideration. Sure it would be nie if we all had home made beef and chicken stock in the freezer. But gee, we live in the real world here. I have more stock in the freezer than most people (right now a quart of beef and a quart of spicy chicken), but even so, sometimes you need a cup of broth/stock (for me at least once or twice a week) and that isn't going to happen unless you keep something easy to use on hand.