Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 14 Aug 04 - 12:20 AM Roux Soup -- You use a Roux (Butter and flour, the ncook out the flour, then add liquid) Base, and add your own flavourings Watercress & Lemon is a regular flavouring for this method. Robin |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,Jaze Date: 13 Aug 04 - 11:54 PM Anyone ever have Pepperpot Soup? Haven't had it since back in Philly. I think it was a Pennsylvania Dutch soup. Mark Cohen might remembeer it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Helen Date: 13 Aug 04 - 08:11 PM Yes, I thought of that, but there were about 3 or 4 buses transporting us to Newcastle, so at least one of the others would have gone there, and most people catch buses to town from there and trains to Sydney, so usually you don't get people getting on there on the return journey from Sydney. Helen |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 13 Aug 04 - 07:50 PM The only problem, Helen, is the poor bugger standing at the station waiting for the bus to arrive... |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,Billy the Trid Date: 13 Aug 04 - 07:15 PM Fuggerfruit soup without a doubt. Keeps the old schleeber in top form. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Helen Date: 13 Aug 04 - 05:41 PM Pinko, you should live in Oz. Almost the same situation, except that we would have had to drive for miles in a different direction to get to the station, and the young woman sitting next to me needed to get to the next township/suburb (about 5 miles away from the station for which she would have to catch another bus). So I suggested to her to ask the bus driver if he could drop her off as we went through the place she wanted to go. He yells out to everyone on the bus "Who wants to get off at Fassifern Station?" Everyone says no, so he just bypasses the turn-off to the station and stops in the town and drops her off. Easy-peasy, no fuss, no mess for anyone. In Oz, the majority of people can't see the sense in doing something silly which wastes everyone's time, when doing something sensible will work better. (Note, I said the "majority of people" because there are still the sticklers for doing the "right" thing regardless of common sense. ) alison, In the onion soup I think the two ingredients which make the most difference are the clear broth and the brandy. If you have good broth - either home made or what I use, which is sold in a packet at supermarkets - then the flavour of the soup is dramatically improved. Also the brandy is probably the secret ingredient. It changes the flavour but adds that comforting/warming sensation which changes it from soup to an experience. The bread and melted cheese contributes to the whole experience too. I think I took onion soup to the Winter's Revels that I mentioned before. In my previous house, where I used to hold a lot of regular music sessions, I had a fuel (wood burning) stove in the dining room and on a couple of occasions in winter I got the fire going, had the kettle constantly simmering for endless pots of tea, and also had some vege & meat soup simmering ready for the mealbreak, with lots of fresh bread & butter. It was close to my idea of heaven: a house full of people playing music, laughing & talking, lots of hot tea and home made soup in a nice warm room in winter. Helen |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: el ted Date: 13 Aug 04 - 10:03 AM Moth, with earwig croutons. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 13 Aug 04 - 09:54 AM Cream of Hamster RtS |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,pinko Date: 13 Aug 04 - 09:25 AM this MT Head geezer should NOT heed my warning. Yer gotta larf aint yer? |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,pinko Date: 13 Aug 04 - 09:17 AM soop warning! I tried alice's majik muchroom soop which was real . After I went to the station but NO TRAINS! due to jarvis enjinearring and golden virginia on the line. Fear not said the verjin we have put the train on the bus. BRILLIANT. So off we went. Suddenly I notice the train on the bus is passing my house, Conductor I said, next stop please. Conductor, he says, look mate this is a train, we stop at stayshuns not bus stops dickhed. So we pass my house go miles to the stayshun and being a Verjin its mins late , so I miss my last bus home and have to fucking walk. So you see,this majik muchroom is V. BAD TRIP SOOP1 Also beware of toads-tool soop, it makes you fall off your motor bike. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Peace Date: 13 Aug 04 - 02:02 AM Green or yellow? |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Joe Offer Date: 13 Aug 04 - 01:37 AM I made pea soup in the crock pot today, and it was extraordinary. Peppercorns, peas, celery, carrots, an onion, a potato, and some ham. Cook it overnight, and then puree it with an electric mixer. I think most of the nutrients stay there, and I think it's one of the healthiest things I can eat. But hey, this thread reminds me of a song by John McCutcheon: Soup
Smells like winter at our house Smells like winter at our house Smells like soup (the page also contains that unforgettable winter hit, "Tommy Don't Lick That Pipe") |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: M.Ted Date: 13 Aug 04 - 12:57 AM Again, I say, I can read what I want, and can post what I want--and it seems that you can spell-- |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 13 Aug 04 - 12:10 AM anyway=if you don't like the BS threads, filter them out, click on membership, then BS filter, but then again, you seem to have posted to quite a few of them! |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 13 Aug 04 - 12:04 AM I'll repeat, if you don't like the thread, why read it? there are over 100 other people here enjoying it, and having fun sharing their recipes, I can't understand your problem with that. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: M.Ted Date: 12 Aug 04 - 11:59 PM You're a tired old joke, John--and not nearly as cute as you seem to think--perhaps it will help you a bit if you are reminded of it from time to time--I don't expect you to go away, but I can read any thread I want, and say what I want-- |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 12 Aug 04 - 11:46 PM m.ted, if you don't like soop threads, waht you reading it for then? some people just like moaning! "to much stuff about soop, blar, blar, blar"! nobody making them read it, and loads of music here still. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: alison Date: 12 Aug 04 - 09:57 PM mmmmmmmmmm thanks Helen slainte alison |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: M.Ted Date: 12 Aug 04 - 04:18 PM Mudcat used to be a site for and about folk music--now it seems to be all about animal acts--particularly one trick ponies--- |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 12 Aug 04 - 09:45 AM I wanted the Soop John A, But they had given it all away.... Lah, lah, lah, lah, laaaah! Lalalalalalalalalalah! oh let me go home... |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Snuffy Date: 12 Aug 04 - 09:36 AM Soop John B (at the curry ship) |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,weerover Date: 12 Aug 04 - 04:46 AM Leenia, Please read the post again (Doctor Hook, not Doctor Who). wr. |
Subject: RE: BS: What you favourite sort of soup? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 12 Aug 04 - 03:40 AM French Bread? I thought that was called Freedom Bread now! So now we've changed back because the French are now not nasty people? Damn! I'll have to go thru all my recipes books AGAIN, and cross out the crossings out... Robin |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Helen Date: 12 Aug 04 - 03:16 AM Onion Soup From Anna Thomas "The Vegetarian Epicure" 1 & ½ pints of clear broth (this book has a recipe for making your own from potato peels, but beef broth seems to suit the flavour fo the onions) 4 large Spanish onions 5oz butter ¾ pint water 1 small piece bay leaf ¼ tspn thyme (optional) 1 to 2 tspn lemon juice 1 to 2 Tbs brandy salt & pepper (fresh ground) sliced French bread grated Gruyère cheese Cut onions into quarters and slice them. Sauté these slices in butter very gently until they are very tender and golden. Pour over them the broth & water, the herbs, lemon juice, & brandy. Season with salt & pepper and let simmer slowly another ½ to 1 hour. The liquid will reduce slightly. Just before serving, pour the hot soup into 1 large casserole or 6 individual ones. Top it with slices of French bread (one for each serving) and sprinkle over this an ample amount of grated Gruyère cheese. Bake soup in a hot oven for 15 minutes, then serve immediately. 6 servings |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 10 Aug 04 - 10:25 AM Ah, stone soup, a close relative of nail broth. Will the person who thought it had something to do with Dr. Who kindly get with the program and read some classic folktales? ----------- soak 1 pkg baby lima beans overnight. discard liquid chop and saute 1/2 medium-sized onion put the beans, onion, some ham hocks and two bay leaves in a slow cooker add water 1 inch (2.5 cm) above the beans slow cook indefinitely, checking occasionally to make sure there is enough water. when the beans are tender, remove the meat from the bones, making sure it is in bite-size pieces, and return it to the pot serve with French bread If you don't have a slow cooker, you can simmer it on the stove, keeping an eye on the water level. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Helen Date: 10 Aug 04 - 07:52 AM alison, I have a good recipe for onion soup, French style. It's in one of my old recipe books and I used to make it a lot. I'll hunt it out and put it here for you. Helen |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: John MacKenzie Date: 10 Aug 04 - 07:52 AM Recipe for Cullen Skink Giok |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: beardedbruce Date: 10 Aug 04 - 06:31 AM years back I made a Pumpkin soup for the mid-night snack at the getaway. Made Jalapeno and cheese cornbread to go with it... |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 10 Aug 04 - 06:22 AM Er.... wouldn't that be Freedom Onion Soup nowadays? |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: alison Date: 10 Aug 04 - 04:14 AM anyone got a good recipe for french onion? spent a few days in Paris recently.... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm giok ... it was the Clangers..... but do you remember the musical note trees? slainte alison |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST Date: 10 Aug 04 - 04:06 AM pertater and leak is favoiuriter but i like alferbetty spagetty too |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 10 Aug 04 - 02:57 AM Seaweed Ramen. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Peace Date: 10 Aug 04 - 12:48 AM Ya never see grass in a playground. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Blowzabella Date: 09 Aug 04 - 08:55 PM Lamb and barley broth, with dumplings - but I'll have to wait till the autumn to have it - it's just not done to have broth in the summer (it puts hairs on yer chest, see, and what woman wants hairs on her chest in the summer?).... |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Sooz Date: 09 Aug 04 - 01:02 PM Hey RtS - I'm making a glut soup right now - mostly courgette (zucchini) - but its too hot to eat it! Thats one for the freezer. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: s6k Date: 09 Aug 04 - 12:55 PM tormato, or ocks tale soops |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: el ted Date: 09 Aug 04 - 11:48 AM Bugger!!! How did I miss that! |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: JennyO Date: 09 Aug 04 - 11:25 AM 100. Sorry El Ted. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: JennyO Date: 09 Aug 04 - 11:25 AM 99 |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: JennyO Date: 09 Aug 04 - 11:25 AM 98 |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 09 Aug 04 - 09:45 AM The Hull Special: Dead cat with added mud. But Herself does a mean chilled courgette (zucchini) soup to use up the surplus. RtS |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 09 Aug 04 - 08:33 AM That was a wanton comment, Wandering Minstrel ... |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 09 Aug 04 - 08:10 AM 1 tonne |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: el ted Date: 09 Aug 04 - 05:10 AM 94. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Peace Date: 09 Aug 04 - 01:39 AM A California friend of mine made the following: Diced beef, lean, in 1" cubes (omit if vegetarian) Carrots--diced large Parsnips (added late in the cooking) Turnips--diced large Corn on the cob (left on the cob but broken into three inch pieces) Peas--fresh if possible, frozen if not Potatoes, medium size and halved Spice to taste. Add a quart of water and a gallon of red wine (beaujolais type) no sweeter than a 3. Cook slowly. Hey, it works. For people who don't use alcohol, the alcohol cooks off anyway. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: GUEST,weerover Date: 09 Aug 04 - 01:28 AM Wyrd Sister, Is that like in Doctor Hook's "The Wonderful Soup Stone"? wr. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: LilyFestre Date: 08 Aug 04 - 05:21 PM Tomato soup is my all time favorite! I also am very fond of homemade french onion, split pea with ham, cream of califlower, turkey noodle....oh...who am I kidding? I LOVE soup!!!! I recently had gumbo (not sure if that qualifies as soup...) at a winery not far from home that had been brewing on the woodstove....YUMMY! Michelle |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Scoville Date: 08 Aug 04 - 02:54 PM Tomato Florentine. I don't remember exactly how I make it but I use canned pureed and chopped tomatoes, and water, for the base, add some chopped onion, some cooked pasta (shells are cute, but of course anything works), melt in some Parmesan cheese (even the cheap powder stuff works), and then add spinach and let it wilt. A friend of mine gave me a recipe for something called locro (I think it may be Peruvian; she lived in Peru for years) that's a thick yellow-squash soup that's topped with slivered red onions marinated in lemon and oil. I'll see if I can find the recipe. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: Sooz Date: 08 Aug 04 - 12:59 PM I'm starting to fantasise about suitable weather for eating soup. Its far too hot and humid here today. |
Subject: RE: BS: Waht you favoritre sort of soop? From: JennyO Date: 08 Aug 04 - 10:06 AM Butternut pumpkins seem to be naturally sweeter than the other varieties. I like them best. A few years ago I had a very successful crop of them from my garden (have never had such a good crop since). I just stood them in a cool dry place in my laundry and we had all the pumpkin we could eat for months. They kept really well. I have a friend, Warren (Arch) Bishop, a wonderful performing poet and storyteller who also takes a food van to festivals. His pumpkin soup is to die for. I like it with a blob of sour cream in the middle and freshly ground pepper, with a soft bread roll. Until 2 years ago, there was a pumpkin soup stand at the National Folk Festival in Canberra. The guy used to stay open till all hours, long after all the other food stalls had closed for the night, but didn't open again till lunch time or so the next day. It was lovely to come out of a session at 3am and be able to get a hot mug of soup and a bread roll on my way back to my tent. He always did a roaring trade, in fact it often turned into a meeting place for late night eaters. Where else but at a folk festival would you get a queue at 3am? I remember one year a bunch of us just hung around there for hours. He ended up inviting us in and giving us free seconds, and we were still sitting around on milk crates talking as the sun came up - and this was in a particularly cold year too, temperature somewhere around zero. Our feet were cold but we were warm inside. He hasn't been there the last two years, and it is a real loss. |