Crazy from the cold

modom said:

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I'll bet all takers that I make soup. Roasted turkey breast meat,
ginger, mushrooms, lime juice, chipotle, cilantro and soba noodles
might be the thing. Crazy cold demands crazy soup.

It's "cold" here, too, temp perception being a relative thing. That
is, it's in the 50's, whereas a week or so ago it was in the high 70's.
Mine's gonna be like yours but a little different: poached chicken
breast meat, ginger, mushrooms, scallions, lime juice, a few drops of
sesame oil, egg noodles (from a bag) and a garnish of cilantro. And
I'll probably go pull a couple of carrots and zap them to precook them
a little before adding. Made with the last of the current batch of
chicken stock.

Soup is a good Sunday night thing. I had a college roommate whose
Sunday night supper when he was growing up was always tomato soup and
popcorn. It fit their budget of that time and was filling.... -aem

aem said:

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Mine's gonna be like yours but a little different: poached chicken
breast meat, ginger, mushrooms, scallions, lime juice, a few drops of
sesame oil, egg noodles (from a bag) and a garnish of cilantro. And
I'll probably go pull a couple of carrots and zap them to precook them
a little before adding. Made with the last of the current batch of
chicken stock.

Well, it turned out a little different. When the soup was assembled
and simmering I got an urge for dumplings. So it was chicken and
dumplings instead of noodle soup. Dumplings were the simplest
possible: 1 cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 cup
milk. Dropped from a spoon, not rolled, covered for 5 minutes, turned,
covered for another 5 minutes. Just fine. -aem

aem said:

modom said:

[snip]
I'll bet all takers that I make soup. Roasted turkey breast meat,
ginger, mushrooms, lime juice, chipotle, cilantro and soba noodles
might be the thing. Crazy cold demands crazy soup.

It's "cold" here, too, temp perception being a relative thing. That
is, it's in the 50's, whereas a week or so ago it was in the high 70's.
Mine's gonna be like yours but a little different: poached chicken
breast meat, ginger, mushrooms, scallions, lime juice, a few drops of
sesame oil, egg noodles (from a bag) and a garnish of cilantro. And
I'll probably go pull a couple of carrots and zap them to precook them
a little before adding. Made with the last of the current batch of
chicken stock.

Cold weather calls for stock making, too! The high in Cow Hill a few
days ago was in the 80s. The high the next day didn't break 45. The
high today was forecast to be 33. I don't think we made it, though.
Not much precipitation, but what we got was in a solid form.

Quoted message said:

Soup is a good Sunday night thing. I had a college roommate whose
Sunday night supper when he was growing up was always tomato soup and
popcorn. It fit their budget of that time and was filling.... -aem

I seldom make soup, but tonight it was what the doctor ordered. I
posted a picture to rfc in another thread.
--
modom

"My baby's got no clothes
'Cause she's makin' chicken soup."

-- Chuck E. Weiss

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I've worked most of the weekend, and I'm tired, and it's cold out
there, and the heater stopped working last night, and it's only now
starting to warm up inside after the technician got it running again.

D's out with folks from her department tonight. Some sort of
interview process event or two for a job candidate. So I'm cooking
for one tonight.

I'll bet all takers that I make soup. Roasted turkey breast meat,
ginger, mushrooms, lime juice, chipotle, cilantro and soba noodles
might be the thing. Crazy cold demands crazy soup.

Film at 10.

I find it helpful to watch "The Shining" once every winter, and make sure my
son sees it, too. This way, he understand that no matter how bad my mood
gets because of winter, things could be much, much worse. :-)

aem said:

Well, it turned out a little different. When the soup was assembled
and simmering I got an urge for dumplings.

Which you then passed on to me. Grabbed some chicken out of the
freezer, looked up the chicken-with-dumplings recipe in BH&G, whose
dumplings are similar to yours, and am stewing chicken now.

Quoted message said:

So it was chicken and
dumplings instead of noodle soup. Dumplings were the simplest
possible: 1 cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 cup
milk. Dropped from a spoon, not rolled, covered for 5 minutes, turned,
covered for another 5 minutes. Just fine. -aem

Their recipe says to simmer for 15 minutes without disturbing. I'm
gonna try it that way, and see how it goes. I've never made chicken
and dumplings before.

serene

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:12:55 -0800, serene <[email hidden]>

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On 19 Feb 2006 19:29:11 -0800, "aem" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So it was chicken and
dumplings instead of noodle soup. Dumplings were the simplest
possible: 1 cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 cup
milk. Dropped from a spoon, not rolled, covered for 5 minutes, turned,
covered for another 5 minutes. Just fine. -aem

Their recipe says to simmer for 15 minutes without disturbing. I'm
gonna try it that way, and see how it goes. I've never made chicken
and dumplings before.

It was lovely. Next time I'm making LOTS more dumplings, though. James
says they were really good, better than he's had before.

serene