Bouillon for starters: pungent, inedible, the French food not yet eaten? (10)

I believe the answer is:

stockpiles

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'food not yet eaten?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'bouillon for starters pungent inedible the french' is the wordplay.
'bouillon' becomes 'stock' (I've seen this before).
'for starters' suggests taking the first letters.
'the french' becomes 'les' (plural form of 'the' in French).
The first letters of 'pungent inedible' is 'pi'.
'stock'+'pi'+'les'='STOCKPILES'

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(Other definitions for stockpiles that I've seen before include "Hoards" , "Gathers commodities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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