Soup!

[Dave Shepard]

The weather here has finally gotten cold enough to think about soup. I usually like really thick soups, not too brothy. I could really go for a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup with about fifteen saltines in it. What is your favorite soup? Recipes needed if ya got'em.


Dave

[sawguy21]

Home made soup is winter's best food. My mom would make a gumbo, beef base with whatever left over added to it. She froze it and brought it out as needed. That and a ham sammich made a great lunch on a cold day.

[LeeB]

Potatoe soup with ham or chicken in it, a little cheedar grated on top, and a good thick crust bread. That'll stick to your ribs and warm the insides.

[Dave Shepard]

 digin1 digin1


Dave

[Raider]

Aaah! The best food there is soup or stew 8) 8)  Raider

[Dan_Shade]

i like my soup like a dairy queen blizzard, turn the bowl over and it doesn't fall out

[Norm]

I like a good homemade chicken noodle soup. Not the runny kind that you buy in a can but the thick style.

Take a big whole chicken cover with cold water and throw in a quartered onion, a couple of carrots a couple of sticks of celery a couple of bay leaves some thyme salt and pepper. Let simmer until the chicken is falling off the bone. Stain stock debone chicken.

Homemade noodles are three or four eggs beaten with a little water. Add flour to make a stiff dough and cover with plastic wrap and let sit for a couple of hours to rest. Roll dough out pretty thin and cut into strips about 1" wide by 6"s long.

Take the stained stock and add some diced carrots and celery and a couple of bay leaves bring to a low simmer. Add noodles and cook until almost done. Add the chicken and bring back to a simmer. I thicken mine with a roux and some cream. Salt and pepper to taste.

[Tom]

I like a real brothy soup, especially beef and vegetable.  I'm not talking thin here, I'm talking brothy, full of flavor and hot.  I put it in a coffee mug and drink it.  The beef and vegetable composes about 1/4 of the cup and gets eaten with the last dregs of the broth.  I don't like a soup that requires a fork. :-\

[Raider]

Tom You would like the Ox tail soup the wife makes 8) Couple ox-tails, onions, cooks all day. Let it set over nite to cool,skim the fat only, then cooks all day on low-med. Add a few vegs, drink it hot with some swiss cheese melted in it OH boy 8) 8)  Raider

[Tom]

Oh Yeah!! ;D

[LeeB]

I' like the "brothy" soups too. We don't eat a whole lot of soup at home. They have soup on the line just about every meal here at work if you wnat to call it that. More like dish water wit a few veggies and never any meat. Bout the only ones they fix that I like are lentil, cream of mushroom and occasionally one of the veg concoctions that has some meat broth to it(just no meat in it >:(). Veggie selection here is kinda sparse. Cukes, tomatoes, potatoes, some kinda squash that's a lot like cukes, onions and bell pepper. I love a big variety of veggitables and get to craving them while here.

[Tom]

You should pack a bunch of boullion cubes when you go to work and put a beef one in your "vegetable" soup.   That should help the taste. 

[Shotgun]

One of those bullion cubes will fill your soup with MSG (monosodium glutamate).  It's a flavor enhancer that troubles many people.  My wife is a victum of MSG.  Many people suffer, but most probably feel that their suffering from some unkonwn bug they got or from an unknown something that they ate.  They are.  With some, it's a serious allergy, and with some it can be almost life threating. We live in fear of MSG.  It's actually added under about 50 different ingredient names, that are generated by the food industry to hide the actual fact of this hideous material.  One of these synonyms is "natural flavoring". MSG does occur naturally, but usually not in troubling levels. This material enhances the flavor by opening your taste buds. In many it also opens the buds in your entire digestive system, causing extreme abdominal distress, and the consequences that accompany it.

Sorry to drop this on you all, but we live in fear of food with MSG in it.  Have for many years, and will for many more years, if we're fortunate to live that long.  Just a thought for you all.

Norm

[Tom]

Thankyou Norm. I'm sorry for y'all's  malady.  MSG is a subject brought up in many circles, including headaches. 

Thankfully, though, I don't suffer from those allergies.

[LeeB]

Good idea Tom, but alas, the MSG does a whammy on me too.

[sgtmaconga]

My best soup it a beef stew

1 pound london broil
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 bag frozen mixed vegies
6 red potoes
2 pakages brown gravey

brown the beef until med well. cut into 3/4 chunks. place in slow cooker with can of soup and enough water to cover beef. cook on low for around 4 to 5 hours. this is the part i love. you can take this and freeze it of start it again the next morning.

when ready to start again. add vegies. spuds cut into small chunks and mix in the gravey. i mix the two paks of gravey with 1/2 a cup of cold water. mix it well and pour it into the soup. cook on low for 5 to 8 hours.

will feed 4 to 6 people very well. i serve with sweet cornbread 8)

[Raider]

Tom my brother from Fla. Punta Gorda, just got here today for Deer Hunting and brought a gal. of Oysters will be Good Stew!

[Tom]

Well try not to eat'em all before you gett'em in the pot.  :D

A few saltines.  A dab of tabasco.  Some cocktail sauce....  Something to drink.  Mmmmmm boy!!

[sawguy21]

Did somebody bring oysters ??? Oh boy, I am IN. 8)

[Kcwoodbutcher]

Isn't chili some kind of soup? Hot chili with grilled cheese on the side - that's a meal.

[Mooseherder]

Just got home from a busy day and was greeted with dis Chicken Stew my lovely bride made for me. ;D
This is a picture of my second bowl. I don't care if I may not be able to sleep because I'm starving and McDonalds was lunch a long time ago. :
I know she has buillion cubes in there and I ain't waiting to butter some crackers neither. ;D

[Patty]

Chili was mentioned earlier..it is a favorite of mine. We have several versions, but in the top ten I like this one:
2 cans of red beans with the juice drained off
2 cans of dark red kidney beans without the juice
1 big can of tomato juice
1 onion browned with the hamburger
2 pounds hamburger fried and drained
1 chopped fresh tomato (or canned if necessary)
1 pint of Charlies Slap Yo Mamma Salsa
Season to taste with red pepper, salt, chili pepper, fresh jalapeno peppers, etc....

Cook in a pot, let it cool, then reheat for dinner. This always tastes better reheated a time or two. The volume of each ingredient can be varied as to what you have in the pantry. Serve with crackers or corn tortilla chips (scoops) or corn bread.



 

[sawguy21]

That is pretty much how I make it too. Have to try the salsa. I brown mushrooms with the onions and hamburger. The chopped tomatoes really add flavor. That is DanG good eating with a slice of garlic toast.

[Norm]

Sundays are my favorite day to make meals that take a long time. It's the one day of the week that I reserve for doing nothing but goofing off. Maybe cut some firewood, maybe go for a walk that kind of stuff. After thinking all week how good chicken and noodles sounded I started on a big batch this morning.

[sawguy21]

Now that is one fine looking meal. 8)

[Tom]

uh, Norm?   It needs to be cooked a little bit more. :P :-\

[solodan]

Norm, the wife just saw the pic and told me that was a fine looking mir poux.  ??? I have no idea what she is talking about. ???

[pineywoods]

uh, Norm?   It needs to be cooked a little bit more. :P :-\

Hey Norm, maybe you need to show Tom your apron  ;D

[Norm]

 ;D

[Roxie]

 :D :D  I still like your BBQ apron the best! 

[Tom]

Good Apron!  :D

I still say it needs a little heat for me.  Foul fowl is foul and raw fowl is foul. :P :D

Below is a soup that Jeff prepared at the cabin and sent me the picture by phone camera.  Hopefully he will be saying what it is.

[Norm]

Sure looks good, I'll wait until he has a better sized keyboard to ask for the recipe.

Tom Piney's lovely wife made that for me. She's one talented lady.

[beenthere]

Jeff's pic looks like deer hunting is not so good...don't see any venison in there... : :

...maybe a partridge flew inta the deer stand window... : : : ??? 8)

[Jeff]

I came up with this soup last night after forgetting to plan a meal.  It really came out good for a throw it in da pot type of soup. I'm going to name it Chicken Shell Soup.  ;D

I'm going to go sit in da blind for awhile. mebby I'll have a better connection later to post the recipe. I ate the rest for dinner today and it was better yet so I think it rates remembering. Good soups get better the next ay.
 

[Jeff]

This is what you end up with whe veything in camp is stil froze.

Chicken Shell Soup.

3 frozen skinless boneless chicken breasts.
Boil chicken breasts in 3 cups water to thaw and cook

while chicken is cooking,  take one half cup small pasta shells and cook them until eldente in a seperate pan.
drain pasta

deer is coming...

[beenthere]

Well...............................................we wait with baited bated breath. : : :

[Patty]

Norm's chicken & noodles were delicious last night.  8)

Roxie, I am kinda partial to the BBQ boy outfit myself!  I am thinking Piney's wife left the back open on that apron for a reason. 

[Jeff]

once the chicken is cooked retain the stock and chunk  up the breast meat then return it to the pot along with the stock. add the cooked pasta shells, one can of sliced potatos and one can of cream of chicken soup. Season with one teaspoon rubbed sage and quarter teaspoon black pepper. W dont cook with salt at the cabin, but I added a smidgon to mine in the bowl. 

Serves one four times. ;D

[Bow Saw]

Mrs. Shotgun,
I'm sensitive to MSG also. When I'm short on time to make my own bouillon stock, I use Herb Ox bouillon cubes, or instant broth & seasonings.  They have chicken, beef, vegetable, Italian herb flavors, all containers have a bright yellow sign stating:
                                                                                                      NO MSG added It's available at my local supermarket. The beef and chicken is also in sodium free boxes. Lots of variety here. I hope you can find this excellent product! If not, here's their web site:

                     www.hormel.com

Now you can all enjoy your favorite soup or stew!
Mrs. BowSaw

[Shotgun]

Mrs. Bowsaw,

Thanks for the info.  We'll look for it.  We appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Norm & Mary

[Weekend_Sawyer]

Wait a minute, Jeff ended a post with ... Deer is coming...

and now nothing!!! What happened!

[beenthere]

Can only guess that the deer is ..........still coming.... 8) 8)

[Weekend_Sawyer]

That deer is a long time coming

[Jeff]

The deer never amounted to more then some cracking brush as it past behind me.

[Roxie]

I tried a new soup recipe last night, and it was a winner.  Cowboy Bob has given his "Seal of Approval" to this one:

1 can (15 1/2 oz) red kidney beans
1 can (14 1/2 oz) diced tomatoes
2 cans (10 1/2 oz) beef broth
1 pound kielbasha (cut lenghtwise, then in 1/2" pieces)
3 medium potatoes peeled and cubed
1 medium green pepper diced
1 medium onion diced
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp sugar
salt & pepper to taste

Just put it in a soup pot and bring to boil, reduce to simmer for 30 - 40 minutes.  This is also good in a crock pot cooked low for 8 hours.  I served it with tossed salad and those crusty dinner rolls found in the frozen bread section of the store (Thank You DanG). 

[Raider]

cracking brush makes thinnn soup :D :D  Raider

[dail_h]

   Here's my cream of potatoe soup
   50 lbs potatoes(preferably new red)
   2lbs good thick cut bacon(your favorite brand)cut in 1/2 in pieces
   2 large leafy,(the leafiest you can find) bunches of gelery
   6lb yellow onions
   1 whole head of garlic
   2lbs BUTTER,not margarine or any of that fake crappola
   1 gal whole milk
   salt,black, and red pepper to taste


               Prep
   Cut bacon into 1/2 in pieces,and start cooking. Peel and chop onions and celery,add to cooking bacon.cook until bacon is crisp or vegs are clear soft. Set aside ,reserving all drippings and juices. Peel,wash ,and cut potatoes in small  pieces. Put potatoes in pot ,and cover with water. Bring to a boil,cook until just tender. Turn heat very low,and remove about 3/4 to a gallon of water and discard. replace with the gallon of milk,and bring back to very slow simmer. Add the bacon and vegs back in,stirring well to mix. Add salt and pepper to taste,I like a good bit of pepper,add what you like. With a slotted spoon ,or something similar ,remove about a quart of the potatoes,and mash well,return to pot. Cut butter in chunks and mix in . Stir well again.
   Once the potatoes get close to done,you need a gentle fire to keep them from sticking. Sometimes,depending on the potatoes,you won't have to mash any,they'll come apart enough on their own. You want a good thick consistency. I usually try to let it cook an hour os so, but it's about ready now.Grate up some really sharp cheddar ,or your favorite cheeseto go on top,and you're all set. Feeds a lot of hungry people

[Dave Shepard]

That sounds good. Just how many people do you have to feed at your house anyway? :D

I've decided I need to do some soup inventing. I don't think it would be all that hard, just start throwing compatible edibles in a pot and start simmering. Probably how soup was invented.


Dave

[Tom]

I love soup, especially beef.  I like it brothy. 

Last night Gael and I went to  a little "home cooking" restaurant that I like called Country Cabin.  They serve soup as one of the 3 veggie sides with a meal.  I always get the soup.  Sometimes I'm not as happy and they are serving chicken and noodles.  It's all relative though, and all good.  Last night the had beef vegetable and noodles. (spaghetti).  It was so-o-o-o  good.  Gael isn't a soup eater, but she couldn't stand listening to me saying Mmmmmm with each spoonful and ordered a cup for herself.  I think I had everyone sitting around us wanting some soup.  Anyway, when we left, she ordered two to-go orders of soup.  I have them in the refrigerator and can hardly wait to heat them up.  ;D

[dail_h]

   Not but just the two of us at home now,but if I mention at church thast I' gonna make a pot of soup,there's always a crowd,and durned little soup left. I like cooking for large groups,my hushpuppy rec is for a hunnert plates ;D ;D

[Patty]

100 plates seems about right for Norm & me...we have BIG appetites.      What do you put in your hush puppies Dail?

[isawlogs]

 My favorite soup , well that would have to be pea soup , thick , some ham and carrots , that be the one I would not pass on ...