LEEKS!

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:38:59 -0500, "DWACON" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to the
Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and saw, on
Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple leeks.

Now, can someone tell me how to make this healthy leek soup?

Thanks in advance!

I'm even more interested in knowing how to get it through the hot
water heater and shower head.

Boron

DWACON said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to the
Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and saw, on
Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple leeks.

The Power of Oprah <sigh>. Leeks just went up $.50/ea.

-sw

Steve Wertz <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties and
posted news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

DWACON said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to
the Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and
saw, on Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her
body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple leeks.

The Power of Oprah <sigh>. Leeks just went up $.50/ea.

-sw

I know, remember when fresh tuna and swordfish were affordable? Not to
mention flank steak. Gawd.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

In article <C01Uf.68$EZ6.38@dukeread12>,

DWACON said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to the
Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and saw, on
Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple leeks.

Now, can someone tell me how to make this healthy leek soup?

Thanks in advance!

I checked oprah.com but no recipe. The site says it is in the book
_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I suspect the local
library would have a copy.

marcella

Marcella Peek said:

I checked oprah.com but no recipe. The site says it is in the book
_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I suspect the local
library would have a copy.

Given that information:
http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/leeksoup.htm

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

Marcella Peek said:

I checked oprah.com but no recipe. The site says it is in the book
_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I suspect the local
library would have a copy.

Given that information:
http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/leeksoup.htm

Heh. I didn't even look at the recipe before I posted it.
Carefull now folks, it looks complicated. Don't try that at home.

-sw

DWACON said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to the
Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and saw, on
Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her body.

Is this the same woman who claims French women have tricks to keep their
weight down... but forgot to mention she smokes near non stop too?
Goomba

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steve Wertz said:

Steve Wertz said:

Marcella Peek said:

I checked oprah.com but no recipe. The site says it is in the book
_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I suspect the local
library would have a copy.

Given that information:
http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/leeksoup.htm

Heh. I didn't even look at the recipe before I posted it.
Carefull now folks, it looks complicated. Don't try that at home.

-sw

Heh! Reads just like the cabbage soup diet...

Leeks IMHO are a fantastic addition to most soups, including chicken egg
drop soup, or hot and sour.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Marcella Peek <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

In article <C01Uf.68$EZ6.38@dukeread12>,

DWACON said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to
the Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and
saw, on Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her
body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple
leeks.

Now, can someone tell me how to make this healthy leek soup?

Thanks in advance!

I checked oprah.com but no recipe. The site says it is in the book
_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano.

Ahh, but French women are gaining girth.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/02/world/main1276149.shtml

Must be great to be an author of a book with that title and have the news
trump you.

--

Charles
The significant problems we face cannot be solved
at the same level of thinking we were at when we
created them. Albert Einstein

DWACON said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to
the Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and
saw, on Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her
body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple leeks.

Now, can someone tell me how to make this healthy leek soup?

Thanks in advance!

Don't know about *that* specific recipe but leeks are very good thinly
sliced and cooked in chicken stock, with or without potatoes, with or
without having the soup pureed with a stick blender. I've posted my
potato-leek soup before. I'll bet if you Google you'll find a ton of leek
soups out there.

Jill

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steve Wertz said:

Steve Wertz said:

Marcella Peek said:

I checked oprah.com but no recipe. The site says it is in the book
_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I suspect the local
library would have a copy.

Given that information:
http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/leeksoup.htm

Heh. I didn't even look at the recipe before I posted it.
Carefull now folks, it looks complicated. Don't try that at home.

-sw

Boy, it looks dreary doesn't it? Leek broth for an entire weekend.

marcella

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:52:41 -0800, Marcella Peek
<[email hidden]> wrote:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:01:31 -0600, Steve Wertz:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/leeksoup.htm

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Boy, it looks dreary doesn't it? Leek broth for an entire weekend.

Worse than dreary. I especially liked the part about saving the
green parts for.... stock. Isn't that what you just made, duh?

Don't forget that it says you're allowed to add salt and pepper.

-sw

DWACON said:

Now, can someone tell me how to make this healthy leek soup?

sorta messy, but you just put a hole in the bowl
yuk yuk yuk

I saw that part! it looked really good. I've never eaten leeks, but I
really like thin broths and hard breads with them

im sure you just cuttem up and certainly don't over cook them.
maybe put throw a chicken broth cube thingy in there.

sounds yummy, i bet a little ginger root would color the flavor, but
not enough to actuallay taste the ginger.

"DWACON" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Our office was blessed (or cursed) with a TV and we were listening to the
Fox News ALL DAY LONG. Finally, we started flipping channels and saw, on
Oprah, that this French woman made leek soup to cleanse her body.

Not sure how accurate that is... but I went and bought a couple leeks.

Now, can someone tell me how to make this healthy leek soup?

Thanks in advance!

--
dwacon
http://dwacon.blogspot.com

No, but gammon and leek pie is my favourite 'quick and healty' meal. Even
had it last night in fact...

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Quoted message said:

The Power of Oprah <sigh>. Leeks just went up $.50/ea.

Quoted message said:

I know, remember when fresh tuna and swordfish were affordable?
Not to
mention flank steak. Gawd.

LOL, we don't have no Oprah but also here in Italy the price of
fresh tuna and swordfish have gone through the roof, expecially
swordfish.
--
Vilco
Think Pink , Drink Rose'

Steve Wertz said:

Worse than dreary. I especially liked the part about saving
the
green parts for.... stock. Isn't that what you just made, duh?

Yes, useful, but do not use too much or the "hay" taste would be
annoying. When I use too much leeks' heads it always turns out
so.
--
Vilco
Think Pink , Drink Rose'

"Charles Quinn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message . The site
says it is in the book

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

_French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano.

Ahh, but French women are gaining girth.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/02/world/main1276149.shtml

Charles

I think it will be a while until the French tops this!:
snip from the article:
"The average height of an American woman, for example, is 5 feet 4 inches,
and the average weight is 164.3 pounds, according to a study released in
2004 by the National Center for Health Statistics."
I wonder if that is really true.
Dee Dee

"Vilco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Quoted message said:

The Power of Oprah <sigh>. Leeks just went up $.50/ea.

Quoted message said:

I know, remember when fresh tuna and swordfish were affordable? Not to
mention flank steak. Gawd.

LOL, we don't have no Oprah but also here in Italy the price of fresh tuna
and swordfish have gone through the roof, expecially swordfish.

Say "Thank you, petroleum industry!" :-) Boats use insane amounts of fuel.
Think "gallons per mile", not "miles per gallon".

In article <[email hidden]>,

Marcella Peek said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steve Wertz said:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:01:31 -0600, Steve Wertz
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Given that information:
http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/leeksoup.htm

Heh. I didn't even look at the recipe before I posted it.
Carefull now folks, it looks complicated. Don't try that at home.

Quoted message said:

Boy, it looks dreary doesn't it? Leek broth for an entire weekend.

"Dreary" is way too nice a description.

--
Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA