My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
big people and felt we needed more sustenance?

Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!

Do you do soup?

z z wrote:
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> Do you do soup?
>


I'm making a big pot of now -- French Onion soup, except I'm adding
celery to it along with the onions. Never tried that before, I hope it
works. The onions and celery are cooking down in a covered pot with a
little pepper and some beef fat, and it smells wonderful.

Wife brought home a bag of beef short ribs or rib scraps last weekend
and I roasted them briefly and then simmered until they fell apart.
Made some really rich stock (which I'm using for the soup this weekend)
and enough boiled meat for a few sandwiches, and lots of good bones and
gristle for the dogs.

Bob

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:20:15 -0500, (z z) wrote:

>My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>big people and felt we needed more sustenance?

No, it is because you were brought up without soup. It has plenty of
sustenance.


>
>Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
>have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
>He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
>Do you do soup?

My wife makes a few fantastic soups. Ham and cabbage, Italian
sausage, beer and cheese, clam chowder, turkey noodle, etc.

She makes a big pot and we have it for a couple of days as well as
giving a container to a few friends that like her soup.

On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> Do you do soup?
>

Frequently, I make these often: chicken vegetable noodle, Manhattan clam
chowder, beef barley, minestrone, split pea, country style miso, beef
vegetable, lentil soup, 15 bean soup, chicken chowder, pumpkin soup,
African peanut soup.

z z wrote:
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> Do you do soup?

I eat it out, not much at home. My wife learned how to make chicken
soup from my mother and that, with matzo balls in it, is something we
have maybe once or twice a year here. Otherwise, I love French Onion
soup, clam chowder, lobster bisque, and other heavy/hearty soups, but
they've always seemed too much work to make at home. I'm sure that's
not true but it's what always happens when we contemplate making soup,
"Nah, it'll take too long."

-S-

Steve Freides wrote:

> > Do you do soup?
>
> I eat it out

Uh-oh. I hope Sheldon doesn't see this post.

On Saturday, August 25, 2012 10:20:15 AM UTC-5, z z wrote:
>
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
>
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
>
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
>
No chopped egg and no banana slice.
>
>
> Do you do soup?
>
>
Certainly. And my soup is delicious if I say so myself.

"z z" > wrote in message
...
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> Do you do soup?

I love soup. I could eat it every day. My family however does not like
soup. So I don't make it very often.

On Aug 25, 12:48*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "z z" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> > big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> > Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> > have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> > He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> > Do you do soup?
>
> I love soup. *I could eat it every day. *My family however does not like
> soup. *So I don't make it very often.

If I wanted soup and the family didn't...I'd tell them to fend for
themselves as I was making soup!

On Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:02:25 PM UTC-5, Chemo wrote:
>
> On Aug 25, 12:48*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
> > "z z" > wrote in message
>

>
> >
>
> > > Do you do soup?
>
> >
>
> > I love soup. *I could eat it every day. *My family however does not like
>
> > soup. *So I don't make it very often.
>
>
>
> If I wanted soup and the family didn't...I'd tell them to fend for
>
> themselves as I was making soup!

>
>
Me, too.

On 8/25/2012 12:40 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
> z z wrote:
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>>
>> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
>> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
>> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>>
>> Do you do soup?
>
> I eat it out, not much at home. My wife learned how to make chicken
> soup from my mother and that, with matzo balls in it, is something we
> have maybe once or twice a year here. Otherwise, I love French Onion
> soup, clam chowder, lobster bisque, and other heavy/hearty soups, but
> they've always seemed too much work to make at home. I'm sure that's
> not true but it's what always happens when we contemplate making soup,
> "Nah, it'll take too long."
>
> -S-
>
>
Some are incredibly easy to make such as split pea. Chop up a couple
things and put in the crockpot with a bag of peas and come home to great
home made soup.

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:20:15 -0500, (z z) wrote:

>My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>big people and felt we needed more sustenance?

You've never seen my soups.

George > wrote:
> On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>>
>> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
>> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
>> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>>
>> Do you do soup?
>>

That would make me sick. Our chicken soup is loaded with goodies, including
a whole chicken and beef parts, veggies, then you add noodles. I never felt
any loss of substance.

Greg
>
> Frequently, I make these often: chicken vegetable noodle, Manhattan clam
> chowder, beef barley, minestrone, split pea, country style miso, beef
> vegetable, lentil soup, 15 bean soup, chicken chowder, pumpkin soup, African peanut soup.

Sometimes I will make potato-leek soup on a cold day and serve it with a loaf of Italian bread. To make it more satisfying, I add chunks of ham to the soup.

I can't wait for cold weather!

On Aug 25, 8:20*am, (z z) wrote:
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> Do you do soup?

I seem to go on soup making binges. I find a recipe I want to try or
come up with something on my own often enough to tempt me into a soup
making weekend. In my freezer at the moment I have several portioned
single meal size freezer containers of Creamed Leek, Cheese Broccoli,
Chicken Noodle (though the noodles cooked fresh for each), Clam
Chowder and Cheeseburger soups.
....Picky

I always make a huge amount so as to have plenty for left-overs while
calling next-door to say "Bring your pot!" to share some with that
small family, to feed the girls on our often card play nights, and to
have four or five me-size containers to freeze. The soups I make with
cream and/or cheese do tend to separate with freezing, but not so much
that they're too grody or too ugly to eat.

On Aug 25, 8:38*pm, josie77 >
wrote:
>
>
> Sometimes I will make potato-leek soup on a cold day and serve it with a
> loaf of Italian bread. *To make it more satisfying, I add chunks of ham
> to the soup.
>
> I can't wait for cold weather!
>
>
> josie77
>
>
Do you only make and eat soups in cold weather???

" wrote:
>
> josie77 wrote:
> > I can't wait for cold weather!
> >
> Do you only make and eat soups in cold weather???

I'll make things as I want/need them but I also tend to wait until cold
weather to make large batches of things. It's a nice thing to do on a cold
day to warm up the house a bit and make it smell nice and feel cozy. I
think most people do that.

G.

On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
(snippage)
> Do you do soup?
>
Do I do soup. What a question.

No sustenance? I make chicken soup that is chock full of chicken and
vegetables... sometimes I add noodles, sometimes dumplings. Beef &
barley soup is wonderful. I make my father's navy bean soup with a
meaty ham bone. One of my signature dishes is potato leek soup served
in toasted sourdough bread bowls. Also roasted butternut squash soup.

Jill

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:43:12 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>>
>(snippage)
>> Do you do soup?
>>
>Do I do soup. What a question.
>
>No sustenance? I make chicken soup that is chock full of chicken and
>vegetables... sometimes I add noodles, sometimes dumplings. Beef &
>barley soup is wonderful. I make my father's navy bean soup with a
>meaty ham bone. One of my signature dishes is potato leek soup served
>in toasted sourdough bread bowls. Also roasted butternut squash soup.
>
>Jill

I make lots of sustaining soups; beef 'shoom barley, veggie beef,
cabbage flanken, split pea ham, etc. Here's one of my famous soups,
smoked ham 15 bean, a 16 quart potful:
http://i46.tinypic.com/d5kkh.jpg
Simmering all day:
http://i46.tinypic.com/33z8ppj.jpg
Eat one 28 ounce bowlfull and you'll be set for the rest of the day:
http://i47.tinypic.com/11vjnlt.jpg
I rarely make large soups during warm weather but come fall I start up
my huge pots, some days I'll make two pots of different soup/stewp.
But during warm weatehr I'll ofen make like a six quart pot with left
overs, right now I have two left over grilled pork chops in the fridge
from the six I cooked (was a BOGO), and lots of yellow squash from my
garden, I have carrots, potatoes, celery, garlic, and all that's left
is to choose a bag of dried beans, I've got just about every kind
there is, and I developed an appetite because yesterday I brush hogged
my entire wildflower meadow, so for me that's a sign of fall:
http://i48.tinypic.com/eskqd1.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/s25gxw.jpg
Who says they can't buy good pork chops, they don't come better than
these, but somehow two were left over so they will become soup:
http://i50.tinypic.com/xfro1h.jpg

On Aug 26, 7:43*am, jmcquown > wrote:
>
> On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
>
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> > big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> (snippage)
> > Do you do soup?
>
> Do I do soup. *What a question.
>
> No sustenance? *I make chicken soup that is chock full of chicken and
> vegetables... sometimes I add noodles, sometimes dumplings. *Beef &
> barley soup is wonderful. *I make my father's navy bean soup with a
> meaty ham bone. *One of my signature dishes is potato leek soup served
> in toasted sourdough bread bowls. *Also roasted butternut squash soup.
>
> Jill
>
>
Some people can't make soup no matter how hard or not they try. Her
mom's effort must have turned out like dishwater and she never tried
again. Soup can be quite filling and a hearty meal, but a person has
to put a little effort in to the pot. From her statements in the past
about mom's cooking I gather she's a plain, bare bones, get the meal
on the table and be thankful I even cooked type of person.

On 8/26/2012 4:42 PM, wrote:
> On Aug 26, 7:43 am, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>> On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
>>
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>>
>> (snippage)
>>> Do you do soup?
>>
>> Do I do soup. What a question.
>>
>> No sustenance? I make chicken soup that is chock full of chicken and
>> vegetables... sometimes I add noodles, sometimes dumplings. Beef &
>> barley soup is wonderful. I make my father's navy bean soup with a
>> meaty ham bone. One of my signature dishes is potato leek soup served
>> in toasted sourdough bread bowls. Also roasted butternut squash soup.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> Some people can't make soup no matter how hard or not they try. Her
> mom's effort must have turned out like dishwater and she never tried
> again. Soup can be quite filling and a hearty meal, but a person has
> to put a little effort in to the pot. From her statements in the past
> about mom's cooking I gather she's a plain, bare bones, get the meal
> on the table and be thankful I even cooked type of person.
>

I don't know about the OP but my mom admittedly hated to cook. She did
it because she had to. She asked me once, "Where did you get your
cooking gene?" Beats me. In the 1960's she became all about
convenience foods. Boxed mashed potatoes. Banquet sliced turkey in
gravy. And what do we have here? Fish sticks!

I learned to cook in self defense.

Jill

On 2012-08-26 03:10:22 +0000, Jeanine Alyse said:

> I always make a huge amount so as to have plenty for left-overs while
> calling next-door to say "Bring your pot!" to share some with that
> small family, to feed the girls on our often card play nights, and to
> have four or five me-size containers to freeze.

I have always found soups flavor grows by a significant factor after
lounging in fridge for a day or two.

> The soups I make with cream and/or cheese do tend to separate with
> freezing, but not so much that they're too grody or too ugly to eat.

I love most any kind of soup. When I (infrequently) make French onion
soup the wife trills my glories for days.

On 2012-08-26 20:42:24 +0000, said:

> Some people can't make soup no matter how hard or not they try.

Depends on how much you like soup and how picky you are about the
result. As a kid I ate every conceivable variety of Campbell's soups,
my mom would through such stuff in it as served her needs. I loved
them all. I seem to remember a lot more than I see in the stores.

The wife has a cultural/iconic chip on her shoulder about "Campbell's".
It is apparently too low, to close to "tv dinners" or some such. On
the other hand, as a child she thought that God's chose food was Chef
Boy-ar-dee ravioli and though she has a refined palate, I find she
considers almost any ravioli the best food on the planet. So much for
cultural templates.

I've rarely every met a soup I didn't like. There is one in a very
cheap Chinese restaurant near by. Their soup is always tepid and grey
and tastes vaguel like dishwater. As soon as I said "dishwater"
outloud we could no longer buy it, and then could no longer eat there.

> Her mom's effort must have turned out like dishwater and she never tried
> again. Soup can be quite filling and a hearty meal, but a person has
> to put a little effort in to the pot.

Not really. It's like a grilled cheese, even something less than the
best bread and the best cheese still work out pretty well.

> From her statements in the past about mom's cooking I gather she's a
> plain, bare bones, get the meal on the table and be thankful I even
> cooked type of person.

Also she wears a faded cotton print shift all day, and has a strange
way of nervously crossing and uncrossing her pinky and ring finger.

Perhaps I've said too much.

On 2012-08-27 02:08:26 +0000, jmcquown said:

> I don't know about the OP but my mom admittedly hated to cook. She did
> it because she had to. She asked me once, "Where did you get your
> cooking gene?" Beats me. In the 1960's she became all about
> convenience foods. Boxed mashed potatoes. Banquet sliced turkey in
> gravy. And what do we have here? Fish sticks!

My mom did the same. Before my teens my mom did all kinds of
extravagant cooking. But then when all the convenience foods popped up
in the 60's and her second husband was a meat-and-potatoes guy, she
decided to develop other skills.

She never did fake potatoes, but she stopped doing escargot too.

> I learned to cook in self defense.

My wife became a good cook because her mother was a terrible cook--but
mom always encouraged her experiments and praised them. She became a
lawyer because of some anti-"book-larning" types in her family. We are
frequently either clones are opposites of important folk in the family.

Thank your mom for her incompetence.

jmcquown wrote:
> z z wrote:
>
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> No sustenance?

Studies tend to show that calorie for calorie soups are more filling
than competing types of dishes. So soups do have better sustenance for
anyone who's tried them side by side. It's bizzare to me that someone
would think soups have less sustenance.

I wonder if it's because soups have water and some people have nevre
learned the difference between thirst and hunger? I have read
directions to dieters that if you're hungry have a glass of water and
see it it goes away. To me that defines not knowing the difference
between thrist and hunger.

It could also be cooked versus raw. Not too many raw soups; plenty of
raw salads. I likre raw veggies but the cooked ones in soup are more
bioavailable and so better sustenance.

"Jeanine Alyse" > wrote in message
...
On Aug 25, 8:20 am, (z z) wrote:
> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>
> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>
> Do you do soup?

I seem to go on soup making binges. I find a recipe I want to try or
come up with something on my own often enough to tempt me into a soup
making weekend. In my freezer at the moment I have several portioned
single meal size freezer containers of Creamed Leek, Cheese Broccoli,
Chicken Noodle (though the noodles cooked fresh for each), Clam
Chowder and Cheeseburger soups.
....Picky

I always make a huge amount so as to have plenty for left-overs while
calling next-door to say "Bring your pot!" to share some with that
small family, to feed the girls on our often card play nights, and to
have four or five me-size containers to freeze. The soups I make with
cream and/or cheese do tend to separate with freezing, but not so much
that they're too grody or too ugly to eat.

_____________________

I use evaporated milk in my cream of soup. It stirs up well after
thawing
................Sharon in Canada

On 8/27/2012 1:16 PM, gtr wrote:
> On 2012-08-27 02:08:26 +0000, jmcquown said:
>
>> I don't know about the OP but my mom admittedly hated to cook. She
>> did it because she had to. She asked me once, "Where did you get your
>> cooking gene?" Beats me. In the 1960's she became all about
>> convenience foods. Boxed mashed potatoes. Banquet sliced turkey in
>> gravy. And what do we have here? Fish sticks!
>
> My mom did the same. Before my teens my mom did all kinds of extravagant
> cooking. But then when all the convenience foods popped up in the 60's
> and her second husband was a meat-and-potatoes guy, she decided to
> develop other skills.
>
> She never did fake potatoes, but she stopped doing escargot too.
>
Escargot is not something my mom ever cooked. She did introduce me to
artichokes. Love 'em!

I didn't like peas until I was in my 30's because the only kind she ever
served was from a can. They were mushy, disgusting things. The first
time I had fresh steamed peas it was a revelation! Wow! Peas are good!

>> I learned to cook in self defense.
>
> My wife became a good cook because her mother was a terrible cook--but
> mom always encouraged her experiments and praised them. She became a
> lawyer because of some anti-"book-larning" types in her family. We are
> frequently either clones are opposites of important folk in the family.
>
> Thank your mom for her incompetence.
>
I thanked her. At the end of her life I was the caregiver. She was
more than happy to let me do all the cooking

Jill

On 2012-08-28 13:38:38 +0000, jmcquown said:

> On 8/27/2012 1:16 PM, gtr wrote:
>> On 2012-08-27 02:08:26 +0000, jmcquown said:
>>
>>> I don't know about the OP but my mom admittedly hated to cook. She
>>> did it because she had to. She asked me once, "Where did you get your
>>> cooking gene?" Beats me. In the 1960's she became all about
>>> convenience foods. Boxed mashed potatoes. Banquet sliced turkey in
>>> gravy. And what do we have here? Fish sticks!
>>
>> My mom did the same. Before my teens my mom did all kinds of extravagant
>> cooking. But then when all the convenience foods popped up in the 60's
>> and her second husband was a meat-and-potatoes guy, she decided to
>> develop other skills.
>>
>> She never did fake potatoes, but she stopped doing escargot too.
>>
> Escargot is not something my mom ever cooked. She did introduce me to
> artichokes. Love 'em!
>
> I didn't like peas until I was in my 30's because the only kind she
> ever served was from a can. They were mushy, disgusting things. The
> first time I had fresh steamed peas it was a revelation! Wow! Peas
> are good!

Exactly the same here. The first peas I remember were when, in the
mid-60's my mom got addicted to Le Fleur canned peas: As you describe.
Any kind of straight-up frozen peas or even other brands of canned peas
cannot compare to thosfe worthless Le Fleur peas. I can not imagine
what she was thinking.

On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:42:41 -0400, "biig" > wrote:

>
>"Jeanine Alyse" > wrote in message
...
>On Aug 25, 8:20 am, (z z) wrote:
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>>
>> Today I watched PBS Jacques Pepin preparing soups. He did something I
>> have never seen before that makes me want to experiment with soup now.
>> He topped his soup with chopped hardboiled egg...and banana slices???!
>>
>> Do you do soup?
>
>I seem to go on soup making binges. I find a recipe I want to try or
>come up with something on my own often enough to tempt me into a soup
>making weekend. In my freezer at the moment I have several portioned
>single meal size freezer containers of Creamed Leek, Cheese Broccoli,
>Chicken Noodle (though the noodles cooked fresh for each), Clam
>Chowder and Cheeseburger soups.
>...Picky
>
>I always make a huge amount so as to have plenty for left-overs while
>calling next-door to say "Bring your pot!" to share some with that
>small family, to feed the girls on our often card play nights, and to
>have four or five me-size containers to freeze. The soups I make with
>cream and/or cheese do tend to separate with freezing, but not so much
>that they're too grody or too ugly to eat.
>
>_____________________
>
> I use evaporated milk in my cream of soup. It stirs up well after
>thawing
>...............Sharon in Canada
>

I enjoy making soup but don't like having leftovers frozen. It's
because I really enjoy the process of making soup, the chopping, the
smells and a good dinner at the end of it all. If I made huge batches
I would cut into the amount of times I could make soup. Besides, we
all have a time or 2 when things don't turn out just right. I'd
rather make a mistake on a small batch and have it gone than have to
live with it for months.
Janet US