Re: Dinner tonight

In article <[email hidden]>, Dog3

Quoted message said:

Lunch today is chicken salad on a bagel with lettuce and tomato. I am
polishing off the rest of the cole slaw with it as we speak.

Michael

We had chicken salad spread sandwiches on whole wheat toast, with
lettuce; and a half can of some Progresso barley vegetable chicken soup.
My soup is better.
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Melba's Jammin said:

We had chicken salad spread sandwiches on whole wheat toast, with
lettuce; and a half can of some Progresso barley vegetable chicken soup.
My soup is better.

I found this week a coupla cans of Wolfgang Puck's soups in the back of the
pantry...Cream o' Chix and Clam Chowder.

I'd forgotten how ghastly his soups are - cooked mucilage would have been
better! I simply don't get how canned soup could be SO bad...

I have lotsa cabbage so I'll be making vegetable soup with that and some veg
I've got on hand. Hearty, healthy, and cheap...easy to make, too.

My corner bar had a big Mardi Gras party last night (I did not attend).
They always do chicken gumbo, crawfish etouffee, etc., it's very good.
Rumor has it that there are some leftovers awaiting me. Guess I'll have to
go over to check on the vicious rumor (oooh...look it's about time for
Friday Happy Hour...!!)

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Best
Greg :o)

Dog3 said:

Home made soup is almost always better than canned soup. I even make clam
chowder myself (which explains why we seldom have it 😉 I will use canned
soup if I'm really tired. Sometimes I will use a can of chicken or beef
broth and whip up a semi home made soup. Soups from scratch are the best
IMO.

Sometimes it is. My mother was a great cook, but her soups were not very
good. They were downright awful. Some of the home made soups I have had have
been wonderful, but most of them were not very good at all. I have not had
much luck with soup myself.

My wife was the lucky bidder on home made soups at a church auction. There
were 5 different soups that were to be delivered at various times over the
next few months. So about once a month the guy who made to soups would stop
by and drop off a quart of his latest concoction. Every one of them was out
of this world delicious.

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Quoted message said:

Sometimes it is. My mother was a great cook, but her soups were not very
good. They were downright awful. Some of the home made soups I have had
have
been wonderful, but most of them were not very good at all. I have not had
much luck with soup myself.

What's wrong with your soups, if you don't mind me asking.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

Quoted message said:

Sometimes it is. My mother was a great cook, but her soups were not very
good. They were downright awful. Some of the home made soups I have had
have
been wonderful, but most of them were not very good at all. I have not had
much luck with soup myself.

What's wrong with your soups, if you don't mind me asking.

They are not very good :-)
I have had some successes. I tried Emerl's French Canadian Pea Soup, and it was
much better than previous attempts at pea soup. I recently tried a hot and sour
soup that wasn't too bad. I did a decent Scotch Broth a few months ago but it
was missing something. the next time my wife heated it up she added some curry
powder, which made it quite tasty.

Perhaps the problem is my lack of inspiration to make soup. I am not big fan of
soups, and usually only have it at restaurants where I know they make good
soups. There are only two of us here now, and never having been in the habit of
eating soup we end up having it over and over.

Dave Smith said:

My wife was the lucky bidder on home made soups at a church auction. There
were 5 different soups that were to be delivered at various times over the
next few months. So about once a month the guy who made to soups would stop
by and drop off a quart of his latest concoction. Every one of them was out
of this world delicious.

What a fun auction!! What types of soup have you
received??
Goomba (making chick pea-escarole soup tonight)

* Exported from MasterCook *

Chick Pea-Escarole Soup

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:20
Categories : Soups & Stews
Italian

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation
Method
-------- ------------
--------------------------------
8 ounces salt pork*
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
14 ounces canned italian plum
tomatoes, drained -- chopped
16 ounces canned chick peas,
drained/rinsed
4 cups chicken stock
2 cups water
1 head escarole, coarsely chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Cook salt pork in a medium saucepan of boiling
water for 10 min to remove salt. Drain. Cut into
1/4 inch dice
In large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium
heat. Add salt pork and onion and cook 2-3
minutes, or until onion is softened. Add garlic
and cook 1 minute longer.
Add tomatoes, chick peas, stock, water, escarole,
salt and pepper. Bring to boil, reduce heat to
medium-low, anc cook uncovered until escarole is
tender, about 20-30 minutes.

Serve with grated parmesan cheese.
* I used pancetta instead

Goomba38 said:

Quoted message said:

My wife was the lucky bidder on home made soups at a church auction. There
were 5 different soups that were to be delivered at various times over the
next few months. So about once a month the guy who made to soups would stop
by and drop off a quart of his latest concoction. Every one of them was out
of this world delicious.

What a fun auction!! What types of soup have you
received??

Borscht, Leek, Clam Chowder,Hot and Sour, French Onion.
They were all fantastic.

My wife's contribution to the auction was an Egg Nog Pie made with a recipe from
Gourmet magazine back in the 70's. It has a ground pecan crust. This church has
some interesting fund raising activities, like wine tastings and a beer tasting
dinner.