On 5/31/2015 6:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-05-31 6:15 PM, wrote:
>
>>> Looks good. I may be ready to try that stuff. I got sick of it years ago
>>> when I bought a case of those soups and pastas that you add water to
>>> and nuke. There was quite a selection showing on the front of the
>>> case. There was chicken noodle soup, potato leek, pasta prima vera, four
>>> cheese penne and a couple others. Once I got past the first row it was
>>> 1/4 chicken noodle and 3/4 potato leek, and the potato leek was the
>>> least tasty of them all. However... it was Know dried soups, so I know
>>> that the real McCoy would be much better.
>>
>> *Definitely* much better!
>
>
> I know it. I had had homemade leek and potato before that experience
> and it is really good. In fact.... it was even better with blue cheese
> crumpled and slightly broiled on top. It is just that I was sort of
> disappointed by the Costco - Knorr experience of being sucked into what
> was billed as a variety pack but which was more likely a marketing
> gimmick to dump a ton of product that was not selling,,...... because it
> sucked.
>
Trust me, the real thing is so much better! I haven't bought any of
those Knorr soup mixes in a while. I do have some Knorr chicken
bouillion cubes; the most recent use was when I could only consume clear
liquids the day before a medical procedure.
> This is another one of those cases where I begrudge my wife her low carb
> diet. She avoids things high in carbs. I think about great soups I have
> had, like potato leek and potato, corn and bacon, and why it is a waste
> of time for me to make it because by the time I finish it I will be sick
> of it.
>
Yes, they are high in carbs but I don't worry about things like that.
I've found you can freeze most soups. And yes, potato & leek lends
itself nicely to additions such crispy crumbled bacon and sure, top it
with some cheese and run it under the broiler. It's so easy to make and
it doesn't take hours to make. I made just enough for six good size
bowls. Unlike some folks <snicker> I have no need to make gallons of it
at a time.
One reason I haven't made this soup in a while has been the price of
leeks. I lucked out and found these at the nearby farm stand. I don't
recall seeing them there in prior years. Maybe I just missed that
farming window. <shrug>
The leeks I generally see at the supermarket are usually way overpriced
for what you get. I've got no idea where they come from because when I
see the price on the bin I just walk away. From what I've seen they
mostly consist of very tough, fibrous green stalks with very little
white part. These leeks were obviously very young and tender. They
were also not filled with sand so they didn't require excessive washing.
I think I paid maybe a dollar fifty for the bundle of three leeks. I
know I only paid a dollar for the four white potatoes. I'm very happy
with the soup.
Jill