Ken wrote:

>Bubba wrote:
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>>Made some soup today. (rainy day, here in Fl.) I needed to thicken
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>>bit but this was supposed to be a low cal soup so I didn't want to
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>>Beurre manie' , and I didn't think cornstarch would work well. My
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>>spied some dehydrated shitake' mushrooms I'd picked up a few weeks
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>>at the base commissary (for .99 an ounce, no less). I popped them in
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>>spice grinder and reduced them to....well....dust, added them to the
>>soup and....poof! Thickened soup! Great flavor and zippydeedooda
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>>calories!
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>>Food for thought!
>>Bubba
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>>You wanna measure, or you wanna cook?
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>When I saw the signature "Bubba", I immediately wondered why you didn't
>just put some okra in the soup. And okra sure isn't going to cost
>$16/pound. Basically the slime goes in the soup, stew, or gumbo and
>acts as a thickener, but there isn't a slimy feel, it's too diluted.
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>Ken
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File', too, but neither on hand.

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You wanna measure, or you wanna cook?