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Default Winter time soup making

On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 12:08:37 PM UTC-8, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 09:01:30 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 4:38:50 PM UTC-8, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:25:14 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >I found a nice piece of chuck in the used meat bin at the market this week. A couple of days ago I made braised beef with it. Today it's starting to snow again and I thought about my favorite Winter soup, beef and barley.
> >> >
> >> >So I rummaged around in the freezer and vegetable bins and came up with bits and pieces . I cooked off the barley earlier in the day, let it cool and then rinsed it to get rid of most of the starch.
> >> >
> >> >It made a nice big pot of soup and it's yummy and comforting on a cold Winter's day.
> >> >Nice New Year's Eve supper.
> >> >
> >> >https://goo.gl/photos/8QSb9iroLjzv2tzv5
> >>
> >> No mushrooms?

> >
> >click on the picture to enlarge it.....you will see them.

>
> I enlarged it but still can't be sure I'm seeing any mushrooms, I see
> green peas and what looks like green beans. My beef barley mushroom
> looks very different, yours has a much darker broth, mine is more rife
> with barley... you can click it twice to enlarge:
> http://i66.tinypic.com/nwwzrq.jpg


Yours looks yummy. As I stated, though, I made a just throw it together beef and barley soup from bits and pieces out of the freezer and vegetable drawer. Maybe I should call it beef-barley-vegetable soup. There are mushrooms right there on top of the mound on the spoon.